Configure Equipment Selection for Group Objects

Some Composite Genie can be configured to represent multiple pieces of equipment.

Examples are the Drive for a Duty/Standby Pump, or a Fan Group. The XY Bar Graph and Polar Star are other examples.

When a Composite Genie is configured to represent multiple pieces of equipment, the operator can still select it on a page. The faceplate that is displayed will be that of the first object in the group.

To allow selection of the other objects in the group, all must share the same faceplate, and references must be setup between the group object and the equipment it is grouping. The faceplate itself must also have 'n' copies of the MEO Selector Genie to allow selection of each piece of equipment.

To configure equipment selection for group objects, you need to perform the following steps.

Configure the group of Equipment Running State Indicators using Equipment References

The link created between the grouping equipment object and the referenced equipment does not need to be one of parent/child, instead the reference can be made to equipment outside the hierarchy. See for more information.

To configure links between the grouping object and the equipment being grouped:

1. In the System Model activity, select Equipment.

2. On the menu below the Command Bar, select References.

   The list of equipment references will display in the Grid Editor.

   

3. Add a row to the Grid Editor.

4. Type the required information in each column, or in the field select the information from the drop down menu. (See Define Equipment References for a description of the properties of each column).

5. In the Category column enter MEO.

   MEO stands for Multiple Equipment Object. So MEO1 is the first object in the group (Multiple Equipment Object 1) and so on.

6. In the Association column enter the name of the association for the referenced equipment, for example, MEO1 or MEO2 or so on. Association names are passed to the ‘meo_selector_xx’ Genie instance on faceplates using Super Genie syntax ?MEO2?. A Super Genie association is created for each reference, using the name specified in the Association column.

   

   In the starter project the equipment with "MEO1" will appear in the first position on the faceplate (to the left), MEO2 will be in the second position, and so on. It is not necessary to start at MEO1 if you have three MEOs, then use MEO2, MEO3, MEO4 to use the center positions on the faceplate.

   

   Note: The category name "MEO" and association names "MEO1" to "MEO5" are not fixed. They are the values used by the default master page and example faceplates in the starter project. You can create your own pages with different names and, if required, have more than five equipment selectors.

7. Complete the property grid.

8. Click Save.

Verify that the Workspace Pane Properties for the faceplate has the correct category

The category is defined in the pane properties for the Faceplate pane in the Master_PageMenu1 page:

Note: If you have configured your own faceplate, verify the category entered in the Workspace pane properties dialog is the same entered when creating your references to related equipment.

Note: In advanced configuration a workspace pane can have zero or more categories configured in the Categories field (comma-separated list). For each category, a super-genie association is created for each reference, using the name specified in the Association column.

See Also

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