You can use the Synchronize Configuration Wizard during the synchronize configuration operation to configure the properties of multiple assets. You can also configure individual asset properties after an asset has been added to a Plant Hierarchy in the DeltaV Explorer. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple assets, and then click the Create button to customize the properties. When assets are added to the DeltaV system, the system checks the names to ensure that no naming conflicts exist between the asset and other modules. The system automatically modifies an asset name during synchronization if a naming conflict occurs and includes the asset's original name in the asset's descriptor. If you customize an asset name through the wizard, be sure that you observe DeltaV module naming conventions. Otherwise, you will get an error message and the asset will not be added to the plant hierarchy. Asset configuration options include adding a description, associating a primary control display and faceplate display with an asset, enabling and configuring asset alarms, and associating assets with a DeltaV plant area or module. Assets can be deleted from an asset folder and renamed. If an asset is deleted from the DeltaV system, but remains configured on the external asset system, the asset will reappear in an asset folder when the configuration is synchronized again unless the asset is deleted during synchronization.
Description
A default description is taken from the asset server. Because the description appears in the operator environment's Alarm Banner and Alarm Summary, Emerson recommends that you ensure the description is meaningful to operators.
Primary Control and Faceplate Displays
Like other DeltaV device alarms, asset alarms can be associated with a faceplate display that operators use to respond to alarms on the asset. The default asset alarms faceplate is Asset_FP. Similarly, assets can be assigned to a primary control display.
Area Associations
Assets can be associated with a plant area for alarm and event reporting. Area associations can be made at the workstation, plant hierarchy, and asset folder levels. All subordinate levels are included in the area association of the parent level unless the subordinate level is associated with a different area.
Module Associations
Assets can be associated with modules. For example, the vibration alarms for a pump can be detected and reported through an asset module while the pump is monitored and operated through a control module. An asset associated with a module is associated with the same plant area and, if applicable, the same unit/equipment/control module as the associated module. The asset is also moved if the associated module is moved to a different area. This ensures that all alarms, both asset and control alarms for a single piece of equipment, are always reported in the same area. If the associated module is deleted, the asset alarm's area association is determined by the asset's parent level in the hierarchy.
Enabling and Disabling Asset Alarms
Like other alarms, asset alarms must be enabled in order to be visible to the DeltaV system. Alarms can be enabled/disabled for an individual asset through the Alarm page of the Asset Property dialog and enabled/disabled for an asset and all subordinate assets through the Disable/Enable All Asset Alarms commands on the asset's context menu.