Project Setup

The Project Setup section describes how to set up an AVEVA Instrumentation Project.

After installation, either a new AVEVA Instrumentation Project and Database must be set up, or an existing Project Workgroup file must be selected. The Workgroup file is a data file that holds the details of all AVEVA Instrumentation Projects located on the System.

1. Run an AVEVA Instrumentation module. If this is the first time an AVEVA Instrumentation application (or module) has been run on the workstation, the Browse For Folder window will be displayed.

   

2. To select an existing Project, use the dialog to select the folder in which the Project Workgroup file is located and click OK.

   Note: If multiple AVEVA Instrumentation Users are to work on the Project then this Workgroup file folder should be located on a common network drive accessible to all these Users.

   The AVEVA Instrumentation Workgroup file is a Microsoft Access Database that contains a single table that holds the names and locations of the AVEVA Instrumentation Projects.

   Note: Microsoft Access is not required to run or manage AVEVA Instrumentation.

3. To reset a workstation’s Workgroup file (for example, if the wrong folder was selected), simply delete the file ‘Inst.ini’. This file will located in:

   Users\<user name of installer>\AppData\Roaming.

   If this does not exist, AVEVA Instrumentation will ask for the Workgroup file once again.