Installation guide

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3.23 Custom Devices Screen
3.23.1 General
One of the strengths of PV-Clinics software is the ability to interface to a variety of devices around the PV
Plant and to monitor and collect information from those devices. The de-facto standard for industrial plant
communication is Modbus and there is a large array of products that have Modbus interfaces. To include any
of these into the PV Plant monitoring system you simply set them up as custom devices. The setup is ex-
tremely flexible and, for simplicity, common devices can be imported and exported as .xml files to form a li-
brary that greatly simplifies the setup process.
3.23.2 Copy, Paste, Insert and Delete Buttons
To speed up the setup process you can use the Copy, Paste, Insert and Delete buttons at the bottom of the
screen. The buttons are:
Icon Referred to as Action
Copy button Copy the currently selected item to the clipboard
Paste button Paste items on the clipboard directly after the current selection
Insert button Insert a new (blank) line after the current selection
Delete button Delete the currently selected line