Electricity + Control January 2016

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION

ROUND UP

Focus on device data Eplan Data Portal has introduced Eplan Data Portal Professional – available locally from EPLAN Software & Service – comprising updating, enhancing and filtering functions for device data. Us- ers can start designing without having to go through the tedious process of setting up master data. Users get comprehensive functionalities to update or enrich device data, as well as sig- nificantly expanded filtering possibilities.When device data has been updated in the portal, the system alerts users as to which data is more current than that found in their local database. The advantage is that users can update their data at the push of a button, without manually searching and replacing. The portal’s new data enhancement functionality begins at the start of a project, when device data is not yet available in the device management system. Users can send lists of devices or model numbers to the Data Portal, and then they receive a shopping cart to downloadwith all the found device data. Besides supplementing commercial data, these updates also include important engineering data such as macros, documentation and production data. Another practical benefit is that once device data has been enhanced, the change is accounted for during the update routine for device data. Comprehensive filtering options such as the ability to save prefilters can be assigned to individual persons via the inte- grated rights administration. Components can be located more quickly, considerably increasing the speed of the design process. Enquiries: Johan ReynekeTel. 011 609 8294 or email Reyneke.J@eplan-software.co.za visit www.eplan-software.co.za