VPE Workbench 5.

6 SP1
Product Overview
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1 contains the
following new functionality
Production of Fieldbus/Profibus wiring diagrams
Production of Instrument hook-up documents
Miscellaneous field definition for Process Areas
User definable attributes added to Nozzles
User definable attributes added to Mechanical
Connections form V-5008
A copy project utility is now available that copies
the project to the same or a different oracle
database
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Workflow steps to support fieldbus/profibus
diagram creation
Create I/O Types
Load / Create the necessary field
devices/instruments within VPE Workbench
Create suitable Field Bus Item Types
Define field device termination patterns [i.e.
specify the various terminal and field device
cable details]
Apply the field device patterns to the necessary
instruments
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Workflow steps to support fieldbus/profibus
diagram creation
Define field device unit [FDU] templates
Define field bus segment templates [Field Bus
Loops - each loop to contain a number of FDUs]
Preview / generate actual field bus segments
based on a field bus segment
Assign the necessary field instruments
Fine tune segments
Create diagrams
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Create I/O Types
IO types are created in form V-2115
NOTE: The Create Multiple I/O (Y or N) option must
be set to N for the fieldbus functionality to work.
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Create suitable fieldbus/profibus item types
using the Data Management Wizard form
V-DMO1
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Define field device termination patterns
using form V-2501
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Apply field device termination patterns to
instruments using form V-2502
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Define field device unit template using form
V-2500
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Define field bus segments (loops) using
form V-9061
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Generate tagged field bus segments using
form V-9062
Use Preview to see the segments that will
be created
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Assign instruments to FDUs in a field bus
segment using form V-9063
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Fine tune the field bus segments using form
V-2515
Fieldbus/Profibus Wiring diagrams
Create Diagrams
Templates are created in AutoCAD (2006) and
data designators (placeholders) added to them
via the Document Wizard
Fieldbus/Profibus loop diagrams are then
generated from the Schematics Workbench
Hook-up diagrams
Workflow steps to support hook-up diagram
creation
Define hook-up template
Assign Excel Worksheet to template set
Add data designators (placeholders) to the
Worksheet
Create hook-up document
Allocate parts to hook-up document
Assign hook-up document to instruments
Generate the document
Hook-up parts summary
Hook-up diagrams
Define hook-up template
Hook-up diagrams
Assign Excel Worksheet to template set via
the Document Wizard
Hook-up diagrams
Add data designators (placeholders) to the
Worksheet
Hook-up diagrams
Create hook-up Document
Hook-up diagrams
Allocate parts to hook-up Document
Hook-up diagrams
Assign hook-up document to instruments
Hook-up diagrams
Generate hook-up document
Hook-up diagrams
There is also a utility that displays a hook-up
document parts summary
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1 contains
improvements to the following existing
functionality
Enhanced error handling in the Excel Interface
Wizard
List of Values value field length in form V-6002
increased from 500 to 4000 characters
Field lengths increased for better multi-byte
character support in 366 forms ( for details see
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VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1 contains
improvements to the following existing
functionality
Configurable miscellaneous field tab titles
Write API enhancements to the error handling
and only data that has changed since the last
import will be updated
Electrical items can now inherit their tag details
from the associated powered item
Improvements to the P&ID MTO
User role additions to support VPE 7.1
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1
At VPE Workbench 5.6 base release the
Oracle infrastructure was changed
Only available on Oracle 10g release 1
VPE Workbench 5.6 SP1 also only available
on Oracle 10g release 1