Add a parameter file – Rockwell Automation Energy Management Accelerator Toolkit Quick Start User Manual
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Rockwell Automation Publication IASIMP-QS016C-EN-P - October 2014
Chapter 11
FactoryTalk View ME Energy Faceplates
Add a Parameter File
1. Right-click on Parameters, and choose 'Add Component Into Application'.
2. Navigate to the ME SMC 50 Faceplate Files folder, select the SMC50_Parameter.par file, and click Open.
Configure a Parameter File
1. From the explorer window in FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Parameters folder, right-click the SMC50_Parameter
file, and choose Rename.
2. Rename the parameter file with the name of the corresponding device in your RSLogix5000 application.
For example, Motor_1.
3. Double-click the parameter file to open it.
The parameter file contains configuration for two parameters. Parameter #1 represents the tag name for the specific
Faceplate AOI in your RSLogix 5000 project. Parameter #2 represents the tag name for the Base Energy Object tag
(UDT_BEO) in your RSLogix5000 project. Each tag contains a controller shortcut name in brackets. This matches
the shortcut name created in your RSLinx Enterprise communication setup.