Create a Reference I/O Card - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

Press F8 to open the Reference Explorer and expand the Panels folder.

In the Reference Explorer, expand the Wiring Equipment folder.

Right-click the I/O Cards folder and then on the shortcut menu, select New > Wiring Equipment.

In the New Wiring Equipment dialog, under Name, type the name of the new I/O card and select OK.

As a rule, I/O cards reside in rack slots. However, reference I/O cards do not have parent hierarchy items. As a result, the software does not check the name uniqueness of new reference I/O cards. Therefore, make sure that you name your new reference I/O cards appropriately.

On the Wiring Equipment Properties – I/O Card dialog, on the General tab, do one of the following to define the name of the new card:

• Select the Apply naming convention check box selected if you want the software to name the new card automatically according to the naming conventions that are set for this type of equipment in the Administration module. For more information, see Naming Conventions in the Administration Module Help.

• Clear the Apply naming convention check box and under Name, type the name of the new card. Note that if you do not clear the Apply naming convention check box, the software will ignore the name that you type under Name.

Select the Double width check box if the card occupies a double width slot.

In the Details group box, type a description.

Select an I/O card type, model, and manufacturer. If the required value is not available on the list, select to define a new one.

Enter a sequence if you need to define the sequence of the new card in its parent item. This sequence also determines the order in which wiring items appear under their parent item in the Domain Explorer tree view.

Select the Control System tab.

In the Control system details group box, under I/O type, select an I/O type to determine the actual function of the new I/O card. For example, AI, AO, DI, DP, Fieldbus, Profibus, and so forth. You can add more values to this list in the I/O Type supporting table in the Instrument Index module. (See the important notes at the end of this procedure.)

Under Module, type the software address that this card is assigned to.

Module, Controller/ Processor, Rack, and Slot are field headers specific to panel manufacturers. Selecting a different manufacturer when editing the panel displays the headings used by that panel manufacturer. For details, see Customize the Controller/Processor List Header in I/O Card Properties.

From the Controller/Processor list, select an I/O card controller. If the required controller is not available on the list, select to define a new one.

To view the list of all I/O terminations associated with the current I/O card, select the I/O Terminations button.

Select the Category Properties tab.

Revise and modify category property values as you require. Select the value for each property and modify it as needed.

I/O card is a wiring equipment category that is shipped with Smart Instrumentation. You cannot delete or rename any of the wiring equipment categories that have been shipped with the software. Nor can you delete or rename the properties of the shipped categories. However, when editing I/O card properties, you can add user-defined properties which you can rename or delete as you want. For details, see Customize and Use Wiring Equipment Categories.

Select the Associate Symbols tab to associate a symbol with the current I/O cards. The software will use this symbol when generating a report in the Enhanced Report Utility. For details, see Associate a Symbol with an Item.

Select OK to accept your settings and close the dialog.