User Manual

Desigo workflow, tools and programming
Coverage of the technical process
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4 Desigo workflow, tools and programming
The Desigo tools cover parts of the technical process and parts of the Desigo system.
Main tools
The most important tools are:
● Desigo Configuration Module (DCM): For designing the Desigo system in the sales phase
● Xworks Plus (XWP): For engineering, commissioning and servicing Desigo PX system components
● Automation Building Tool (ABT): For engineering, commissioning and servicing Desigo system
components
Special tools
There are also special tools, e.g.:
● Tools for configuring and commissioning specific product families, such as RXT10 for the configuration
of room devices on LON
● Tools for specific tasks, such as the AL Migration Tool for the migration of legacy system components
to Desigo PX
See
Automation level migration, Engineering manual (CM110776).
4.1 Coverage of the technical process
The Desigo tools are used in the technical process, especially for designing the system in the sales
process, for engineering, commissioning, and servicing. The tools have interfaces to specific tools of the
regional companies, such as tools for designing electrical wiring diagrams.
The Desigo tools cover the entire technical process from sales to service:
● Sales
● Planning
● Engineering
● Installation
● Commissioning
● Service
For service operations the Desigo tools support remote data access to project data via Branch Office
Server (BOS). SSP provides the service platform.
Coverage of the technical process by Desigo tools:
Europe Sales Planning Engineering Installation Commissioning Service
STST
•
DCM
•
XWP
• • • •
ABT
• • • •
Coverage of the technical process by Apogee and Desigo Tools: