Cloning an ABB Totalflow Device Connection

ABB Totalflow Device Connections can be cloned using the ABB Totalflow APIs using a simple script which is executable in the Ignition script Console.

Once you have configured and tested your base device connection to cloned, follow the steps below to clone connections either on the same Edge device or on a clean Edge device. 

There are four script files available to make it easy to manage your device replications:

• ABBTotalFlowCloneDevice.py
  • This script allows you to clone a device connection to multiple new device connections
  • You will setup the unique configuration parameters for each new device in this script
• ABBTotalFlowSaveBaseDeviceToFile.py
  • The script allows you to save a device connection configuration to a file
• ABBTotalFlowCreateDeviceFromFile.py
  • This script allows you to create and configure a device connection from file configurations
  • You will setup the the filepaths to each required configuration file in this script 
• ABBTotalFlowRemoveDevice.py
  
  • This script allows you to remove device connections

This is the CirrusLink utilities file to be imported into Ignition Designer

• ABBTotalflowUtils.zip

Open Ignition Designer and from the File menu import the ABBTotalflowUtils.zip file. You will see the script under Scripting > Project Library > CirrusLink

Open the Tools > Script Console and copy the script from each file as needed, set the configuration parameters required within each script and select Execute 

This example shows the ABbTotalflowConeDevice script

Verify the cloned devices are complete and able to connect