Update Equipment in Equipment Editor

When you run an equipment update, Plant SCADA generates the tags associated with the equipment hierarchy and adds them to your project.

To run an equipment update from Equipment Editor:

1. Select Update Equipment from the File menu or use the keyboard shortcut Crtl+Q.

2. After the equipment update is complete, click Show Log to view the log messages.

   Note: If you duplicate an equipment instance with a new name (without changing the tag prefixes) and then run the equipment update, Plant SCADA does not generate tags for the new equipment due to duplicated tag names. The log file provides a record of the tags not generated.

By default, Plant SCADA performs an incremental equipment update. It includes only the modified equipment and equipment type after the last update.

If you disable the incremental updates, Plant SCADA regenerates every tag associated with the equipment hierarchy each time an update runs.

To disable incremental equipment updates:

3. On the Activity Bar, select Options.

4. The Options dialog box appears. Locate Incremental equipment update on the Options dialog box and clear its check box.

Note: If you clear the Incremental equipment update program option, an equipment update takes more time to complete. The time required to complete an update may increase significantly if the project includes a large equipment hierarchy.

See Also

Update Equipment in Plant SCADA Studio