IDE / Foxboro Evo Engineering Environment
- Last UpdatedApr 20, 2020
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The Foxboro Evo environment provides a set of editors pertaining to objects related to Foxboro Evo systems that run in the ArchestrA Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The IDE provides access for the Galaxy Database. A Galaxy is your specific production environment, including all computers and components. It is a collection of platforms, engines, templates, instances, and attributes you define as the parts of your specific application. This collection is stored in a Galaxy database. An object can represent a physical entity, such as a pump or valve, or an abstraction of concepts, such as control blocks. Any item that appears in the Template Toolbox of the IDE is an object.
Refer to the Foxboro Evo documentation for complete details on any topics covered in this section. Specifically, the Foxboro Evo Process Automation System Deployment Guide (B0750BA) covers most concepts in detail. The Wonderware Industrial Application Server installation CD includes the Industrial Application Server User’s Guide, which covers major topics regarding the IDE.
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To connect, click Start, then Programs, then Wonderware/ArchestrA IDE. Select the Galaxy, and then click Connect.
Foxboro Evo extends the standard ArchestrA IDE. Primarily, it includes objects in the Template Toolbox that are specific to Foxboro Evo.
The major components include:
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Navigation menus |
Drop-down lists and icon shortcuts |
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Template Toolbox |
Object templates from which instances are created or other object templates are derived |
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Application Views |
Galaxy configuration based on how an object is related to other objects. Panes include: |
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Model View |
Defines the object relationship to the automation scheme layout. Objects are organized into Areas to represent the physical plant layout. |
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Deployment View |
Defines the object instance relationship to the machine that the object code resides on or the hosting relationship to the objects |
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Derivation View |
Displays the derivation path from the Base Template to the Instance |
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Network View |
Displays the system definitions |
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Work Area |
When an object is opened for editing, this area is used for modification |
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