The Configuration dialog provides a single location for access to all configurable items of module classes or module instances. Access the dialog by right-clicking the module class or instance, and then selecting Configure from the context menu. The Configuration dialog has four tabs: Modules, Parameters, IO, and Alarms. Each tab contains all the configurable items of that type for the current class or instance.
When designing a class, the Configuration dialog enables you to:
View all configurable items
Determine the parameters that appear on the dialog (using the Filtering check boxes)
Provide shortcut names for the parameters. The parameter shortcut name appears in the Configuration dialog and in DeltaV Explorer but does not carry through to runtime. By default the instance uses the class parameter names for shortcut names. To change a parameter shortcut name for an instance, you must modify the parameter using the Configuration dialog. If you change the name of a parameter in the class, the instance shortcut name is not affected.
Generally, user-defined parameters must be enabled to be configurable by the class designer even if the class designer associates them with the common configuration or I/O filters. The exceptions to this rule are :
External reference parameters are automatically enabled to be configurable.
Dynamic and internal references cannot be enabled to be configurable on the instance.
When editing a module instance, the Configuration dialog enables you to:
Edit the values of the parameters in the dialog
Assign I/O
Modify alarm priorities and types
Enable or invert alarm characteristics
Verify the configuration
The properties of a module (available by right-clicking the module, and then selecting Properties from the context menu) are always configurable in the instance. Changes to module properties in the class do not propagate to the instances.