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addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 5
Adding Extensions and Crops to an Area
extensions by selecting the respective extension in the Explorer, right-clicking,
and selecting Recalculate.
Adding Extensions and Crops to an Area
Extensions can be added to areas and crops, while crops can be added only to
areas. To add either, follow these steps:
1. Open an Explorer.
2. Select where you want the extension or crop added (use the shift and
control keys if you’re selecting multiple locations).
3. Right-click the highlighted areas and select Create New Node
Calculation
extension
extension or Create New Node Cropscrop.
The extension or crop is added to the area in the Explorer, where you can
configure it as needed. When you add a crop, all of the disease models of the
crop are created by default.
Adding Multiple Extensions and Crops
You can add multiple extensions and crops to the same area and create different
settings for each. Subsequent extensions and crops in the same area take the
name of the first, but with a number appended (for example, Apple [1] or
Running Total [1]).
You can also edit multiple extensions and crops. Use Ctrl+Click to select the
nodes, then click Properties. If the selected extensions are not identical, only
their common properties will be displayed.
Using Templates to Add Extensions or Crops
Finally, you can add an extension or crop by creating it from a template, that is,
from an existing extension or crop.
1. Add the extension or crop in a single area using one of the methods
described above and set up its properties as you want to.
2. Right-click the selected areas where you want a copy of the extension or
crop and select Create New NodeCalculation extensionCreate from
template or Create New Node
Crops Create from template. A File Open
dialog displays.
3. Navigate to the area where you saved the template panel and select it, then
click OK.
The system creates the extension or crop with the same properties as the one
used as the template in each area you selected. All child extensions will also be
created.
Adding RTU Diagnostics to a Tag
RTU diagnostics can be added only to tags or sensors. To add these diagnostic
extensions, follow these steps:
1. Open an Explorer.
2. Select the sensor where you want the diagnostic extension added (use the
shift and control keys if you’re selecting multiple sensors).
3. Right-click the highlighted areas and select Create New Node
RTU
diagnostics
extension.
You can also select Create New Node
RTU diagnosticsCreate all missing
or Create New Node
RTU diagnosticsCreate from template. With the
first option, all missing diagnostic extensions are added to the sensor. The
second options allows you to use a template to create the diagnostic
extension, the same as you would in Using Templates to Add Extensions or
Crops above.
Alternatively, you can all select of the RTUs in an Explorer or a List and then
right-click and select Create New Node
RTU diagnosticsCreate all missing.
The extension is added to the sensor in the Explorer, where you can configure it
as needed.