If you are setting up a network of many devices and points for the first time, you can speed configuration using the match
feature. This procedure summarizes the steps involved in configuring multiples of the same type of object.
Prerequisites: You are running
Workbench on a PC that is connected to your device network. All devices are connected to the network and available for discovery.
- Add the first device or point to the station database and configure its properties.
- For devices, add any Px views including all self-contained links and bindings.
- Duplicate the object by right-clicking it in the Database pane followed by clicking Duplicate.
The Name window opens.
- Give the duplicated object its own unique name.
- Repeat the duplication steps for all identical objects.
- Discover all objects.
- Use the match feature to associate each duplicated record in the station database with its discovered device or point.
This repopulates the necessary properties of the duplicated object with the correct values from the discovered object.
- Configure any unique properties for each object.