Equipment Tree Overview

To navigate through the project treeview, 'click' on an equipment node's '+' icon to expand it.

The treeview not only shows the project equipment, but also the DIN Rails, circuit breakers, terminal strips, compartments, compartment elements etc. of the equipment.

Where the project includes vertical busbars, they are also displayed in the treeview, under their associated horizontal busbars. For example:

To add an equipment node, right-click on the appropriate node to display a pop-up menu with relevant options for that equipment node type. The options vary depending on the selected equipment type. For example, the pop-up menu in figure above gives add options for the Junction Box node selected. For this Junction Box users can add: a field device, a device (relay, IS Barrier etc.), an I/O module, a terminal strip, a DIN rail (DIN rails can contain terminals and devices/IO modules mixed together in any sequence and quantity) or an Earth Bar.

For most equipment nodes, options to edit and delete the selected item are available, plus a facility to find any equipment number. When an Equipment node (i.e. a Junction Box, Cabinet, Field Device etc.) has been selected, an option to print (or print preview) the terminations for the selected equipment is also provided.

Double-clicking on any node that contains terminals, terminal strips, DIN rails, earth bars, devices, compartments or compartment elements will bring up the Wiring Manager's Terminations. This window allows terminations to be defined through a 'drag and drop' style graphical user interface.