With the Exchange functionality, outdated or defect equipment can easily be exchanged and replaced by a new piece of equipment without data loss or interruption of the stream of data.
- You have added a piece of equipment, for example a meter.
- The new piece of equipment is already installed at your site.
- You have the information required for the equipment details ready, for example the serial number.
- Go to Hierarchy > Structure.
- Select the piece of equipment you want to exchange with a new one.
- In the Details card, select ξΆ€ Exchange.
- The Exchange equipment dialog opens.
- Choose one of the following options to exchange the equipment.
- Create piece of equipment: Create the meter from scratch by providing the necessary information and selecting which properties of the old meter you want to transfer.
- Select piece of equipment: Select a meter from the list of existing ones.
- Select Exchange.
- The new piece of equipment is created. In the Comment field, the name and ID of the exchanged piece of equipment is mentioned.
- The name of the exchanged meter is prefixed by [Exchanged]. In the Comment field, the name and ID of the new piece of equipment is mentioned.
- The data points of the exchanged piece pf equipment are set to inactive.
- In the Relationships card, select the correct data point.