Adding Equipment Classes

Now you will create a folder to store all your tank farm management system (TFMS) equipment classes. While this folder is not required, it does help keep your equipment classes organized and more easily manageable.

After creating the storage folder, you will add:

• Equipment classes for Tanks, Pumps, Valves, and Flow and Pressure Indicators
• Equipment properties, such as Tank Density, Depth, Inner Pressure, and Temperature, for each class.

For simplicity, we will use a parameter value /?PARAM?/ for the equipment class Display Name and in Real-time data for each equipment class property. When using this format, you are telling GENESIS that this is a parameter. A parameter acts as a placeholder for another value. This will be described in more detail when you run the Bulk Asset Configurator.

To add a TFMS equipment class:

1. In Project Explorer, expand Assets, right-click Equipment classes, and select Add Folder.

   

   1. In the Name field, enter Tank Farm Classes and click Apply & Close.

   2. In the Project Explorer pane in the Assets node, expand Equipment classes, and then right-click the new Tank Farm Classes folder and select Add Equipment class.

      

2. Add the tank farm equipment classes one by one, using the values from the following table.

   Name	Display Name	Description
   TNK	/?PARAM_DISPLAY?/	Tanks
   PMP	/?PARAM_DISPLAY?/	Pumps
   VLV	/?PARAM_DISPLAY?/	Valves
   PRES_IND	/?PARAM_DISPLAY?/	Pressure Indicators
   FL_IND	/?PARAM_DISPLAY?/	Flow Indicators

   1. On the General tab, add a Name, Display Name, and Description of the new equipment class, and then click Apply.

      

   2. On the Parameters tab, click Detect. The parameter's display name appears.
   3. Click New and repeat the procedure with the next parameter.

3. Click Apply & Close when finished. The equipment class names appear in the Tank Farm Classes folder.

   

4. Continue with adding tank equipment class properties.