You can edit project data in the Xworks Plus Editors.

See Getting Started: Desigo Xworks Plus (CM110629).

Xworks Project Manager

The Xworks Project Manager lets you:

  • Create, open and archive projects
  • Check in/out project data for parallel engineering from the Branch Office Server (BOS)
  • Define PXC automation stations, control units and Desigo CC. The automation stations are not engineered here, but only used in the documentation and considered during the network check.
  • Define rough network overviews (network data) and control cabinet assignments (panel data)
  • Define further project data, data and automation stations for RXB and Desigo room automation
  • Create control cabinet assignments, that is, group automation stations to control cabinets. This way you can export data and create documentation per control cabinet.
  • View locally available projects. There is no connection to the Branch Office Server (BOS) in this mode.
  • View the properties of an object, e.g., a network, an automation station, etc.

Xworks Point Configurator

The Xworks Point Configurator lets you define the functions of an automation station. You can insert solutions for the object plant, plant section, aggregate and component into this technical hierarchy. You can configure prebuilt verified solutions using options (leaving out) or variants (options). After you select and configure the solution, the program is automatically created.

The Solution Browser lets you select and configure a plant.

  • The tree view shows all selected objects of the plant.
  • The configuration view shows all possible options and variants for the selected object.
  • The data point window shows all I/Os of the selected object.

You can configure I/Os and I/O modules and connect I/O channels with the I/Os.

You can design the integration of the room automation and the third party integration. The import function lets you integrate third party data points on the automation level. You can import data point information via a standardized interface (SDF format). The BACnet reference browser lets you address BACnet references. You can import BACnet references via a standardized EDE import file (CSV or XLS format).

Xworks Hierarchy Viewer

The Xworks Hierarchy Viewer lets you verify the technical hierarchy of an automation station or entire project. Conflicts in the technical hierarchy are displayed.

The Xworks Hierarchy Viewer shows the technical hierarchy per PX and the technical hierarchy as it is shown, e.g., in the generic view in Desigo CC.

You can define the user designation (UD) and the free designation (FD). You can define the structure of the user designation with the field lengths and the separators and assign the data points in the structure of the user designation. You can verify the consistency of the user designation and free designation in the entire project and assign the technical designation (TD = default value), the user designation (UD) or the free designation (FD) to the object name (ON).

Xworks Network Configurator

The Xworks Network Configurator lets you define the network topology. You can define LON, IP networks and network segments, assign and address automation stations to the corresponding segments, and define automation stations and routers.

You can define several sites in a project. The network check verifies all sites in the project. You can verify all automation stations that have been defined in the Automation Building Tool (ABT) for correct and unique addresses, and document it in the network report.

Programming in Xworks Plus

When the technical hierarchy and the automation station are defined, and the I/Os are configured and addressed, you can create a program that corresponds to the selected and configured solutions from the Xworks Point Configurator.

If you use the solution library, you do not have to program in CFC.

Workflow

The workflow for creating programs usually runs as follows.

Workflow in the Xworks Point Configurator

  • Select PXC hardware (compact or modular)
  • Select and configure solutions
  • Configure data points: data point type, signal type and conversion type to field device
  • Create and change programs

Workflow in the CFC Classic editor

  • Define timer program
  • Parameterize alarm behavior and I/Os
  • Provide data signals for the energy exchange between different plants
  • Transfer plans (create programs)
  • load programs
  • Carry out commissioning
  • Test programs
  • Create documentation: data point lists, device plaques, commissioning lists, print parameter lists, etc.

CFC Classic editor

The CFC Classic editor (Continuous Flow Chart) is a graphic tool tor creating plans. The CFC Classic editor lets you create and change programs. A CFC plan consists of function blocks and connections.

The CFC Classic editor shows all blocks that are used in the program, nested plans, all available CFC block libraries and the selected plan with the plan interfaces to other plans. This view is available offline for programming and online for checking the signal flow. The CFC Classic editor lets you compile programs, that is, create loadable programs.

Additional editors

In addition to the graphic programming, you can configure the programs in the following editors:

  • Parameter Editor: Lets you parameterize attributes.
  • I/O Address Editor: Shows all I/Os of an automation station.
  • Plant Control Editor: Lets you configure the plant controls for ventilation and energy generation.
  • Solution Configurator: Lets you configure solutions, that are from the CFC library or have been generated from the Xworks Project Configurator.
  • Simulation: Lets you simulate programs of a modular automation station without hardware on the computer.
  • Alarm display: Continuous update and local caching of all alarm status changes during commissioning. Lets you view, acknowledge and reset alarms.

Xworks Report Manager

The Xworks Report Manager offers comprehensive customer documentation and supports project staff during project handover. The customer can check the documents and after handover the customer is supported during operations, e.g., when handling alarms and interruptions.

You can select one or more automation stations for the documentation, per automation station, plant or system node. You can select document templates and verify reports in a preview.

Desigo Point Test (DPT)

Desigo Point Test lets you test data points during commissioning of a Desigo PX automation station. To carry out a data point test with configured I/O modules, you must download the I/O configuration file for the modular PX automation stations in the empty PX automation station.

BIM Tool

The BIM Tool is used for TX-I/O modules that are integrated with a BIM on automation stations. The BIM was used on old automation stations for integrating I/O modules.

TX Open Tool

The TX Open Tool lets you configure TX Open modules. You can define the TX Open integration and commission the TX Open modules. To commission TX Open, load a configuration into the modules with the TX Open Tool.

See TX Open Tool online help (CM111005).

PX KNX Tool (room automation)

See chapter Room automation.

HVAC Integrated Tool (HIT)

HIT lets you design HVAC plants. HIT lets you to select and document any HVAC control device as an individual product or in a system configuration. Using its library of over 300 preconfigured HVAC applications for standard controllers (Synco™, Sigmagyr™, and RXB) HIT generates a comprehensive specification including plant diagram, list of material, technical documentation for each device, and pricing.