Building A Plant Structure - ABB 650 series Engineering Manual

Section 4
Setting up a project
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It is possible to open projects created in previous versions of
PCM to the current version, but the opposite is not possible.
Extensions of the exported project file is *.pcmp and those files are only used for
exporting and importing the projects between PCM600s.
Creating a new project
Procedure
1. Select File and Open/Manage Project ... to see the projects that are currently
available in the PCMDataBases.
2. Open Projects on my computer.
3. Click the icon New Project. To create new project currently open projects and
object tools shall be closed.
4. The New Project window opens, see
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Figure 14: PCM600: Create a new project window
5. Name the project and include a description (optional) and click Create.
6. PCM600 sets up a new project that will be listed under Projects on my
computer.

Building a plant structure

The plant structure is used to identify each IED in its location within the substation
organization. It is a geographical image of the substation and the bays within the
Figure 14.
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