Equipment

In Electrical Wiring Manager, the Equipment View provides a a hierarchical view of all electrical equipment and field devices grouped by Plant Area and Location type.

From the Equipment View, equipment and field devices etc. can be created, as well as new Plant Areas, buildings, equipment rooms etc. Refer to Add Area, Buildings, Equipment Rooms and Vendor Packages, Add Equipment and Add Field Devices for further information. See also Edit and Rename Items in the Equipment View and Copy Equipment.

Equipment can also be viewed in a grid format in the Equipment List.

Electrical Wiring Manager includes a facility for designing and viewing internal equipment component layouts in a graphical user interface. Refer to Equipment Layout for further information.

Terminal Strips, Din Rails and Devices can be added and edit both from the Equipment Layout interface and the Equipment View. Refer to Terminal Strips, Earth Bars, Din Rails, Devices, I/O Modules and Group Labels for further information.

Facilities are provided to add major equipment to the project in bulk using a wizard. Refer to Create or Import Multiple Major Equipment.

Equipment may also be added by importing from an Excel spreadsheet. See Import Equipment from Excel for further information.

In Electrical Wiring Manager, reports on equipment termination reports can be produced. Refer to Termination Reports for further information.

Electrical Wiring Manager includes facilities to attach external documents/files to equipment tags and for the viewing of these attached documents. Refer to Attachments (External Documents) for further information.

Electrical Wiring Manager includes Equipment Catalogues which used to define standard equipment items and their terminal arrangements. These catalogue items can be used in the creation of project equipment. See Equipment Catalogues for further information.