The Desigo tools are used in the technical process, especially for designing the system in the sales process, for engineering, commissioning, and servicing. The tools have interfaces to specific tools of the regional companies, such as tools for designing electrical wiring diagrams.
The Desigo tools cover the entire technical process from sales to service:
- Sales
- Planning
- Engineering
- Installation
- Commissioning
- Service
For service operations the Desigo tools support remote data access to project data via Branch Office Server (BOS). SSP provides the service platform.
Coverage of the technical process by Desigo tools:
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ABT |
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Desigo Configuration Module (DCM) is in phase-out from 2023-10-31 until the end of 2026.
Coverage of the technical process by Apogee and Desigo Tools:
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Desigo tool set | • | • | • |
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Sales
DCM supports system design and quantity determination during the sales process. Price calculation, offer preparation and tracking, and invitation of tenders are supported by country-specific tools.
Planning
The planning tools are country-specific and comprise the following:
- Network planning, design and documentation
- Cable planning and design (network cables, field device cables)
- Texts for equipment plates
- Building planning (system components in the building, room segmentation)
- Plant planning and documentation (plant schematics, function description)
- Planning of the groupings for Desigo room automation
- Order lists
Engineering
Most of the Desigo system components are engineered offline, before they are commissioned. This way you can verify and document the configuration (e.g., for the uniqueness of addresses), and define work packages for subcontracting.
XWP and ABT are Desigo engineering tools and allow the following:
- Engineering the primary equipment, room automation, BACnet router
- BACnet references for the integration from/to third party systems
- Interfaces to ElektroCAD, Pharma Validation
- Exports for documentation
- Export for engineering in Desigo CC
The tool export:
- Generates information for illustrating the generic operation (technical hierarchy, User Designation hierarchy)
- Contains information for efficiently generating graphics (mapping functions to symbols and graphic templates in Desigo CC).
Installation
XWP and ABT allow the following:
- Creating order lists that can be used for ordering the devices
- CAD export for connecting to ElektroCAD for designing control cabinets
- Parallel working of several subcontractors/engineers in a project
- Creating pack and go's for commissioning and the point test for subcontractors
- Loading configurations
- Creating commissioning data point lists
Commissioning
XWP and ABT allow the following:
- Commissioning of the systems (loading programs, program function test)
- Online trending during commissioning
- Diagnostics during commissioning
- Parallel working of several commissioning engineers in the project
Service
XWP and ABT allow the following:
- Data access to Branch Office Server (central engineering data management of the regional companies)
- Data security (reading system data in the engineering database)
- Remote engineering and operating, diagnostics and error recovery via an external network connection