Steps to follow as shown below:


  1. Click on Site admin then Click Template > Template and then click on Add
  2. Add Template page appears on the screen as shown below
  3. You can define physical device as independent device or under a parent (logical) device.
  4. If you want to assign it under any logical device then select that device from 'Parent' drop down. It will automatically fill plant, group, polling frequency, reconnect frequency and make these fields disabled.
  5. For independent device you need to define above mentioned fields.
  6. Below steps gives you the idea of each fields.
  7. Plant and Group Information - This section provides the information of plant and group. Select a plant and group to which you want to associate this device.
  8. Device Information - This section provides basic information of device like name, description, parent node etc.
  9. Add device information. Device name remains unique across a plant.
  10. Polling frequency – It denotes time at which DAS polls the data from device.
  11. Reconnect Frequency - Frequency with which DAS will try to reconnect the device if connection is lost in between.
  12. Protocol – Gives list of all available protocols, select appropriate protocol and provide communication details. E.g. In case of OPC it requires DAServer and DAServerType, for MODBUS it requires COM port, baud rate etc.
  13. Click Save to confirm the data.