The configuration of machines and plants can be done completely manually, whereby a high degree of engineering knowledge is required. However, this can also be executed fully automatically by third party systems, for example SAP. This includes development steps that enable a manual configuration by users without engineering knowledge as well as configuration options that can be performed from distributed locations.
Manual configuration by users with extensive engineering knowledge
- Components are dragged from the modular system into the project (instantiating per drag & drop).
- The parameterization of instances is performed via the EEC user interface.
- The generation of the target documents is initiated directly by the user.
- The target documents are generated by the same computer that performs the configuration.
Manual configuration by users with little engineering knowledge
- Instances have been generated and parameterized by means of a user interface (Form-UI).
- A graphic diagram (Graph2D) can be used for instancing and specific user interfaces (Form-UIs) can be used to parameterize the instances.
- All entries are validated so that there is no risk of incorrect entries.
- The generation of the target documents is initiated directly by the user.
- The target documents are generated by the same computer that performs the configuration.
Manual configuration by users who are located in multiple locations
- Web EEC provides the user interface (Form-UI) via online connections..
- Instances are created and parameterized via the user interface. This can be also only a partial configuration for a certain part of the machine or plant.
- The generation of target documents can be initiated directly by the user but also by other parties.
- The target documents are created by a central computer that also provides the Web EEC.
Fully automated configuration
- Third party systems, for example SAP, determine the configuration of a machine or plant.
- The configuration data is transferred as a so called job definition to the Job Server.
- The Job Server passes the job definitions to so called Workers who are capable of handling these job definitions.
- The Workers can:
- Create new projects.
- Import partial projects.
- Instantiate components.
- Parameterize components.
- Create target documents.
- The Job Server in turn makes the generated target documents available to the requester.