Define Specification Options in an Instrument Type Profile - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

In the Instrument Index module, open the Instrument Type Profile dialog for an instrument type for which you want to define specification options. For details, see Define an Instrument Type Profile.

On the General tab, select Include instrument specification.

From the Specification form list, select a form you want to set as the default form for all instrument that belong to the current instrument type.

• The list contains specification forms that are assigned to the process function specified on the Instrument Types dialog.

• If the specified form is defined as a multi-tag form, you can then select a specific format from the Multi-tag list format dialog.

If you selected a multi-tag spec form from the Specification list, from the Multi-tag list format list, select a specific format for the multi-spec form.

• The software creates the specification as a master tag in a multi-tag specification. In this case, since you cannot move a master tag to a different multi-tag specification or redefine it as a single tag specification, the only way to change the specification for this tag is to delete the specification and then reassign a new specification to the tag.

• If you do not select any format, the software creates the spec as a single-tag spec even if the source form is defined as a multi- tag form. Afterwards, you can move this spec it to a new multi-tag spec or an existing one.

If you defined a form data template for the selected spec form in the Specifications module, from the Copy data from template list, select a template from which you want to copy the default data to a generated spec.

On the Instrument Type Profile dialog, select OK.

On the Instrument Types dialog, select OK.

On the menu bar, select File > Preferences.

On the Preferences dialog, select Instrument Index > Profile page, do one of the following:

• Select Specifications and maintenance events if you want to use the defined profile options automatically when creating tag numbers.

• Clear Specifications and maintenance events if you want to create tag numbers without any specifications. If you then manually generate a specification for the created tag, the software applies the existing instrument type profile options.