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If necessary, press F7 to open the Domain Explorer.
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Double-click the Panels by Location folder, right-click a location, and then select New > PLC Panel.
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Double-click the Panels by Category folder, right-click the PLC Panels folder, and then select New > PLC Panel.
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Create an I/O card for the PLC panel. For details, see Create an I/O Card.
When entering channel addresses for the I/O card, the values must be numeric only for publishing to Smart Electrical.
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Create the cables needed to make the connections.
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Add terminal strips to the cabinets that Smart Instrumentation created automatically from circuit signals that you downloaded from Smart Electrical.
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Create device panels for tags that do not come from pre-assigned signals. Such tags usually originate from Smart Electrical control stations or from one of the types of electrical equipment (motors, heaters, transformers, generators, and so forth).
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Create tag signals. For details, see Create a Local Signal for Electrical Tags.
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Connect the PLC to the cabinet using the cable you created.
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Re-propagate the tag signal to the PLC. For details, see Re-Propagate a Tag Signal.
You can use macros related to Smart Electrical signal data to generate Enhanced Report Utility reports or CAD application-based drawings. For details, see Smart Instrumentation Macro Structure.