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This option enables you to create a new instrument with an associated device panel and device cable. In this case, Smart Instrumentation automatically creates a device panel with a device cable and automatically configures the required connection. Smart Instrumentation does not prompt you to select a reference panel, reference cable, or a connection type. The software selects the default configuration for the new device panel, device cable, and connection type that you have defined in the Wiring and I/O Profile group box of the Instrument Type Profile dialog in the Instrument Index module. The new device panel will have the same name as the new instrument. Smart Instrumentation will create the new instrument according to the wiring profile defined for it in the Instrument Index module. Make sure that you set and activate all the required instrument type profiles before you start creating new instruments.

  1. Activate the instrument type profile default settings as follows:

    1. Select File > Preferences.

    2. In the tree view pane, to expand the tree, select PPM All Outputs Graphic beside Instrument Index.

    3. Select Profile.

    4. Under Activate instrument type profile options, select the Wiring check box.

    5. Select OK

  2. In the Wiring Module window, select Actions > Device Panels Panel icon 16bit.

  3. In the Device Panels window, clear the Manual configuration check box.

  4. On the menu bar, select Actions > New Tag Panel icon 16bit.

  5. In the New Tag Number dialog, do the following:

    1. From the Tag class list, select the required tag class according to whether you want to create a conventional instrument, Foundation Fieldbus instrument, HART instrument, Telecom instrument, and so forth.

    2. Type the name of the new instrument. If needed, it is possible for instruments and device panels to have the same names. Make sure that you follow the naming conventions for new tag numbers. For details, see Instrument Tag Naming Convention.

    3. Select OK to create the instrument.

    4. If more than one function identifier exists for the current instrument type acronym, on the Select Instrument Type dialog, select the appropriate instrument type, and then, select OK.

    • If the instrument name does not correspond to an existing loop name, Smart Instrumentation prompts you to enter a loop name based on the tag number you have entered. The software automatically associates the new instrument with the loop if the loop identifier already matches an existing loop.

    • If the loop convention includes the loop function parameter, the prompt always appears. In this case, you have to complete the loop number. If a profile exists for the selected instrument type, the software creates the new instruments for that instrument type according to the selected reference items. For details, see Define an Instrument Type Profile.

  6. In the Loop Name dialog, do one of the following:

    • Type the loop number name that the new instrument will be associated with.

    • Accept the displayed value to create a new loop with this name.

  7. In the Loop Name dialog, do one of the following:

    • Select OK to create the new loop number.

    • Select Cancel to create the new instrument without a loop association.

  8. On the Tag Number Properties dialog, edit the instrument properties as you require and select OK.

    The software adds the new instrument to the list of instruments in the Device Panels window. Also, you can see the new instrument in the Instruments folder of the Domain Explorer.