Create a Project Using a Starter Project

Name

A unique name for the project. The project name is restricted to 64 characters. It can contain any printable ASCII characters, that is a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and punctuation characters, excluding the following:

" * | \ : < > ? / .

Since the project name is a unique identifier, Plant SCADA does not permit you to create or restore a project with a duplicate name.

Description

A description of the project. This field is useful for giving an explanation of the role of the project. It is recommended that you complete this field.

Location

The directory path where the project files are stored. As the Name field is entered, the directory is automatically generated in the Location field. You can override this by manually entering the location or clicking Browse.

The path can contain any printable ASCII characters, that is a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and punctuation characters, excluding the following:

" * | < > ? ' ;

In addition, any component of the path can not match one of the following Windows reserved names:

AUX CON NUL PRN

LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9

COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9

Create project based on starter project

Select this option if you want to create a project based on the built-in starter projects. Choose the project style from the Project drop down list that is displayed when this option is selected.

You can create custom starter projects by placing *.ctz backup files in the <User>/<Data>/Starter folder (where <User>/<Data> is the directory you chose during installation). The [CtEdit]Starter parameter can be used to change this default path.

[Starter project selection] Project

Select the starter project you wish to use as a template for your project. You can change the style of existing pages and templates using the Page Properties, accessed through the Graphics Builder.