The Solution view provides a hierarchical structure for maintaining projects, template instances, and data files associated with Control Conversion tasks. This is a licensed option. With this Solution view you are able to define Control Conversion task templates that facilitate Bulk
Build/Edit operations on Honeywell supported configuration file types including Cxxx (XML), PKS Scada (PNT) and LCN (EB).
Package button
Click this button to package up one or more projects in your Workspace Solution. All files referenced in the Project including Excel, Notes, etc. will be packaged into a compressed file for deployment to other systems or simply as a backup.
Click this button to unpack a previously packaged up Solution project(s). Users can choose to unpack while maintaining the original folder and file hierarchy or choose to unpack to a flat folder.
This is a Project Name item. Workspace solutions can contain multiple project items to help organize the solution. Typically a Project will contain the solution files required to convert a hardware type such as DHP conversion to Scada or PIU conversion to C300, etc.
This is a Folder Name item. Projects will contain one or more Folder items that represent folder paths in your file system. A folder item is used to organize files related to a specific Control Conversion task. You can choose to add other file types used in the task such as your Excel document, notes, image captures, etc. These other file types can be quickly opened up in their respective application by left mouse double-click.
These file items typically reference documents that are stored in the file system folder path specified in the project Folder item. You can optionally add a reference file here that is outside the folder path.
*.XCT is always associated with a Control Property Template file that defines either source (Excel) and/or target (Control Configuration) properties that will be bound in your Control Binding Template file.
*.XCB is always associated with a Control Binding Template file that defines data mappings between your source and target properties with optional transformation script written in C# language.
*.XCC is always associated with a Control Conversion Template file that allows you to bind a Control Binding Template to an Excel Data Source file.
Other file types can be added to the folder item in your Solution view to help organize and provide for quick open in its native application type such as Excel, Image, and Word type documents. Items can be quickly viewed using the left mouse double-click action.