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The following tasks are used frequently when you manage instruments for your Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus systems.

Define Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus Instrument Type Profiles

Prior to creating new fieldbus instruments, you need to customize wiring reference items and then define appropriate instrument type profiles in the Instrument Index module so that new tag numbers acquire fieldbus properties. This results in automatic assignment of the required properties to the new tag numbers.

Create Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus Instruments

Create fieldbus device tags based on the instrument types that you defined, and edit the tag number properties as required, including function block properties.

The software allows you to create various types of instruments that can be associated with the Foundation Fieldbus or Profibus system in your plant. In other words, you can create instruments that are compatible with Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus DP, and Profibus PA segments. You add new instruments in the Instrument Index module, exactly the same way that you create other tags. After you define an instrument type for the new tag number and associate a function block with the new tag's instrument type, the new instrument automatically acquires all of the appropriate properties that you set for that tag number. You can then create virtual tags for this instrument.

Associate Function Blocks with Instruments

This feature enables you to associate a function block with a particular instrument. You use this feature if for some reason, the current tag number has not been associated with any function block through the tag's instrument type or if you need to change some of the associations. Note that the association or any changes made to the association will affect the current tag number only.