Commissioning Instructions

Before You Begin
Auto Discover and Auto Addressing
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Siemens Industry, Inc. Start-up Procedures 140-1345
Restricted 2015-11-09
.csv File Format
The .csv file is auto generated from CT (is the old manufacture installed output file) and
can be imported into WCIS. It has the following format and must be manually created.
First line must be – IDENTIFIER, FIELDID, FIELDVAL; all additional lines will be data
in that format.
IDENTIFIER
This field is used to create groupings of data. Each group can be thought of as a
collection of information (configuration data and point initial values) that will be loaded
into one or more TEC’s. The groups cannot be subdivided into smaller collections.
FIELDID
This is the specific data that will be set. All configuration data will have a key word
associated with it and all points will be referenced by their point number (object ID).
The following is a list of fields:
 ObjectName – Sets the device object name.
 Instance – Sets the device instance number.
 Description – Sets the device description.
 Location – Sets the device location.
 MaxMaster – Sets the device max master.
 MMIBaud – Sets the baud rate of the MMI tool port.
 MMIPriority – Sets priority for P1 commands received through the MMI tool port.
 IsMetric – Sets the units to SI.
 IsSlave – Sets the unit to a MSTP slave device.
 Comment – Creates comments in the file to make it more readable and are not
imported into the tool.
FIELDVAL
This value must be set to the FIELDID. The format of this data is specific to the ID.
Description
Acceptable Values
ObjectName 30 RAD50 characters
Instance 0 – 4194302
Description 60 ASCII characters
Location 60 ASCII characters
MaxMaster 1 – 127
Point numbers Depend on the specific points
MMIBaud 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400
MMIPriority 8 – 16
IsMetric 0 – No, 1 – Yes
IsSlave 0 – No, 1 – Yes