Before being able to export data, the predefined import links for the Fisher interface
must be available. To make the links available, you need to import the appropriate
system interfaces into Smart Instrumentation from the Administration module (for details, see Import System Interfaces).
Before you start exporting data, you need to enter the required process data (for example, Tag Name and Service) in the appropriate process data sheets. Your choice of the process data parameter values will determine your subsequent selections of the valve sizing data such as Body Material and Bonnet.
At this stage, you can also define process data parameters specific to the selected control valve (for example, Leakage). (These parameters can be viewed in the Additional Properties window in the Process Data module.)
For the Export to the Fisher - Find Items dialog box to function correctly, you must have created a query and generated from
the query an EDE containing at least the following Item Types:
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Instrument - (with relation to)
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Process Data (Shared) - (with relation to)
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Process Data Control Valve
A template QBF (Query Builder File) containing the required Item Types is available for import to the Query Builder folder. You can then, if you want, add further attributes and generate an EDE. The generated EDE is then used by the software to locate items suitable for export. The QBF file can be found in the Queries folder (not to be confused by the Queries folder found in the Reference Explorer) located in the Smart Instrumentation root folder. The file is called ExportInterfacesFistVueMasonailanFlowserve.qbf.
For information on importing a QBF in to Smart Instrumentation, see Import a Query Builder File.
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It is from this EDE that the instruments are taken for export to the Fisher database.
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The software searches for an EDE that matches the criteria for exporting data using the Fisher interface and displays the EDE name in the Find Items dialog box. For more information on working with EDEs, see Working with EDE Views.
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If filters were applied to the EDE, only those instruments left after filtration are exported.
Also, consider the following issues:
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When exporting data to Fisher, the Smart Instrumentation export feature automatically converts the Smart Instrumentation system and unit of measure codes to the appropriate system and unit of measure codes used in Fisher, for example: °C in Smart Instrumentation is converted to deg C in Fisher. However, since Smart Instrumentation contains additional units of measure, some Smart Instrumentation units of measure may not have parallel values in Fisher and therefore will not be accessible in Fisher for sizing calculations. In this case an appropriate message is displayed and a note is added in the Error.log file (located in the same folder where you saved the ASCII file).
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Fields in Smart Instrumentation and in Fisher differ in length and Smart Instrumentation fields may be truncated if longer than the corresponding fields in Fisher. Therefore, you need to make sure that the truncated data does not contain sizing data which is required in Fisher.