Create an Instrument with a Manually Configured Device Panel - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

You use this option to create a new instrument with an associated device panel and device cable. In this case, Smart Instrumentation creates a device panel and a device cable and lets you manually configure the required connection. The software prompts you to select a reference device panel and reference cable that will be used to create the new device panel and cable. Smart Instrumentation copies the definitions for the new device panel and cable from the selected reference panel and cable that you defined in the Reference Explorer. You can also select an existing connection type and you can name the new device panel as you require. Smart Instrumentation creates the new instruments according to the wiring profile that you defined in the Instrument Index module. Make sure that you set and activate all the required instrument type profiles before you start creating new instruments.

Activate the instrument type profile default settings as follows:

1. Select File > Preferences.

2. In the tree view pane, to expand the tree, click beside Instrument Index.

3. Select Profile.

4. Under Activate instrument type profile options, select the Wiring check box.

5. Select OK

6. In the Wiring Module window, select Actions > Device Panels .

7. In the Device Panels window, select the Manual configuration check box.

8. Select Actions > New Tag .

9. On the New Tag Number dialog, do the following:

   1. From the Tag class list, select the required tag class according to whether you want to create a conventional instrument, Foundation Fieldbus instrument, HART instrument, Telecom instrument, and so forth.

   2. Type the name of the new instrument. If needed, it is possible for instruments and device panels to have the same names. Make sure that you follow the naming conventions for new tag numbers. For details, see Instrument Tag Naming Convention.

   3. Select OK to create the instrument.

   4. If more than one function identifier exists for the current instrument type acronym, on the Select Instrument Type dialog, select the appropriate instrument type, and then, click OK.

   

   • If the instrument name does not correspond to an existing loop name, Smart Instrumentation prompts you to enter a loop name based on the tag number you have entered. The software automatically associates the new instrument with the loop if the loop identifier already matches an existing loop.

   • If the loop convention includes the loop function parameter, the prompt always appears. In this case, you have to complete the loop number. If a profile exists for the selected instrument type, the software creates the new instruments for that instrument type according to the selected reference items. For details, see Define an Instrument Type Profile.

10. In the Loop Name dialog, do one of the following:

    • Type the loop number name that the new instrument will be associated with.

    • Accept the displayed value to create a new loop with this name.

11. In the Loop Name dialog, select OK to create the new loop number.

    OR

    Select Cancel to create the new instrument without a loop association.

12. On the Create Device Panel and Cable dialog, under Device panel, accept or the displayed name of the device panel that will be created with the current instrument.

    The Create Device Panel and Cable dialog opens only if the instrument that you are creating is based on an instrument type profile that has at least partial wiring definitions.

13. From the Reference device panel list, select a reference device panel that you want to use as a basis for the new device panel.

    

    • The displayed reference panel is the one that you defined in the Instrument Index module, in the Instrument Type Profile dialog, under Wiring and I/O Profile.

    • The properties of the reference panel that you select determine whether one or both of the Conventional connections and Plug-and-socket connections group boxes are enabled, and the values that are initially displayed.

14. In the active group boxes, to define the device cables, do the following as necessary:

    • To modify the properties of a selected device cable connection, click Properties, and in the dialog that opens, change the values as necessary.

    • To add an additional device cable connection, click New, and in the dialog that opens, enter the appropriate values.

    • To delete selected cable connections, click Delete.

15. Select OK to complete the process.

16. On the Tag Number Properties dialog, edit the instrument properties as you require and click OK.

    The new device panel appears next to the selected instrument in the Device Panels window. Smart Instrumentation displays a cable icon next to the new device cable indicating that a device cable is connected to it.