User Guide

Address Book
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Working with the Address Book
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Siemens User Guide Version 2.1
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Building Technologies 2015-07-15
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Fallback Device
Details Fields.
Item
Description
Full name Enter the contact full name. This value must be unique.
Short name Enter the contact short name.
Language Select the contact language.
Default is en-US (English - United States).
Groups Assign the contact to one or more groups of recipients.
You can also add/update/remove groups.
Devices Specify at least one remote notification device among the following:
 Email (E-Mail 1, E-Mail 2, E-Mail 3)
 SMS (SMS 1, SMS 2)
 Pager (number is required).
Comma is not allowed.
Preferred device Select the primary device. Default is E-mail 1 .
Fallback device Select an alternative device. Default is None .
NOTE:
You can select any device, except the one selected as
Preferred Device (not available in the list because already used).
Contact data Enter any additional information (for example, phone number).
13.2 Working with the Address Book
The following procedures describe Address Book tasks.
Technical Notes
For the following procedures, a message box displays to warn you if:
 You try to save an address book contact, but you did not enter a required field,
or the contact name you entered already exists.
 You try to update (change) a group name, but the new name you entered
already exists.
 You navigate away without saving the changes made.
13.2.1 Importing Contacts to the Address Book
 You want to import contacts into the Desigo CC address book from a CSV file
containing contacts exported from Microsoft Outlook (2003 or 2007).
1. In System Browser, select Application View.
2. Select Applications > Address Book.
 The address book user interface [➙ 357] displays in the Primary pane.
3. In the Address Book toolbar, click Import address book .
4. In the Open dialog box, do the following:
a. Browse the file system and select the CSV file you want to import (for
example, MyContacts.csv).
b. Click Open.
 When the import procedure is complete, a message box informs you about
the number of new contacts created, the number of existing contacts
updated and the number of contacts skipped (because of importing rules).