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PlantScape Server and Client Configuration Guide 13
3 Configuration Tutorial
This tutorial walks you through typical, though simple, configuration steps.
It does not provide detailed explanations of the configuration tools and tasks. It is
only intended to familiarize you with the tools and utilities used to configure the
PlantScape server, so that you can get your system up and running as quickly as
possible. The tools and tasks are described in detail in subsequent chapters of
this Guide.
Note A number of the steps in this tutorial apply only to configuring controllers other
than PlantScape Control Processors and points on those controllers. For
information about configuring PlantScape Control Processors, refer to the
PlantScape Process Control Building Guide.
Tutorial Tasks
The tutorial provides a short, guided tour of the following typical configuration
tasks:
1 Defining a server Station
2 Defining a channel and controller with Quick Builder (not applicable for
PlantScape Control Processors)
3 Defining points with Quick Builder (not applicable for PlantScape Control
Processors)
4 Downloading the configuration database from Quick Builder to the server
(not applicable for PlantScape Control Processors)
5 Starting the server Station
6 Configuring a Trend Set display and a Group display
The tutorial sets up PlantScape to match the architecture diagram shown in the
following figure, with:
• A server (a server Station)
• A LAN-connected operator Station
• An Allen-Bradley PLC-5
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