Importing SaveAll Controls

You might import SaveAll Controls, or controls saved in an existing Foxboro Evo systems, if you are migrating to Foxboro Evo. If so, complete these steps. Refer to Foxboro Evo Process Automation System Bulk Data Editor User’s Guide (B0750AF), for additional details.

Note: If you plan to recommit your system with additional CPs that may be imported through an Automation Object, you should change your Committal status from "Not Yet Installed" to "Software Installed" prior to performing these steps.

1. Open the ArchestrA IDE and connect to the Galaxy.

2. Under the Template Toolbox, expand Foxboro Control Software Support and right-click $BulkData.

3. Click New/Derived Template.

4. Rename $BulkData_001 to BULK_DATA_DEMO (or a representative name).

5. Double-click on the new derived template.

6. Click the Import button.

7. In the Import Bulk Data Wizard (Step 1 of 2), under Select input source type, select I/A Series Saveall (Control only).

8. In the Input Source Details, click the Browse button and navigate to the location of the controls.

9. If desired, click Clear all Control Tables before importing.

10. Click Next.

11. In the Import Bulk Data Wizard (Step 2 of 2), click Create matching entries for CPs, FBMs, FCMs, and, if desired, Search all subdirectories for SaveAll images. Leave the other defaults selected, and then click Finish. The imported strategies appear.

12. In the derived template, under the Control tab, click the Compound button.

13. If the CP name differs from the CP name in the committed system, manually change each instance to the desired name.

14. If the Compound references a Station that does not exist, rename the nonexistent Station references to existing ones.

15. Click the Hardware tab.

16. Change the Station to one or more of the CPs listed in the commit.

17. Click the Modules button and notice the Parent is now your real CP270/CP280.

18. While still in the Hardware tab, click Generate.

19. Since we manually modified the Stations, we need to add only the ECBs. Click All under Modules, and then click Generate.

20. Check the results in the Output View (click View, and then Output View, if it is not visible).

21. Click the Control tab, then the Compound button, and then Generate. If you do not see your FCP/ZCP, you missed a step above.

22. Click the desired CP, and then click Next.

23. In the Bulk Generation Wizard (Step 2 of 6), verify that the CP name is and the blocks are correct.

24. Click Generate.

25. View the Output View pane to verify that Generate was successful.

26. Save and Exit out of BULK_DATA_DEMO.