### Commissioning equipment using Field Assistant PREREQUISITES Your controllers have v4.x or later drivers. To start up and commission a piece of equipment or a network of controllers, you can run Field Assistant on: A laptop connected to a controller's or sensor's Local Access port. See Communicating locally with ExecB controllers. A laptop connected to a controller's or sensor's Rnet port. See Communicating locally with the OptiFlex™ controllers. A laptop or computer connected to an IP network if your controllers are communicating on the network. See Field Assistant Help for information on using Field Assistant.
Click for details below Providing source files to Field Assistant To download source files from the WebCTRL® application To export source files from the WebCTRL® application To upload source files in the WebCTRL® application To import source files in the WebCTRL® application
#### Providing source files to Field Assistant Field Assistant requires a controller's source files. Source files include: Control programs (.equipment) Drivers (.driver) Graphics (.view) Touchscreen files (.touch) BACview® files (.bacview) To provide Field Assistant with source files, do one of the following: Download source files from the WebCTRL® application to the controller so that they can be uploaded in Field Assistant. The controller must have a 4.x driver and enough memory for the files. NOTE An equipment's .view file will be downloaded only if its Included in download option is selected in the WebCTRL® or SiteBuilder application. Export the source files from the WebCTRL® application to a zip file so that they can be imported in Field Assistant. This option exports all source files for all controllers in the system. NOTE If you download source files to a controller, you may still want to export files from the WebCTRL® application. Importing the files in Field Assistant will reduce the time required to upload the controllers. If the technician using Field Assistant changes or adds source files, he can get the new source files back to the WebCTRL® application by doing one of the following: Download the source files to the controller in Field Assistant so that you can upload the files in the WebCTRL® application. Export the source files from Field Assistant to a zip file so that you can import the files in the WebCTRL® application. This option exports the source files for all controllers in the system to the zip file. See Field Assistant Help for instructions on uploading, downloading, importing, or exporting source files in Field Assistant.
#### To download source files from the WebCTRL® application On the WebCTRL® Network tree, select the controller. On the Properties page, select the Download Source Files option. Click Accept. On the Network tree, select the controller's network. On the Devices page, select the controller that you want to download. NOTE Shift+click or Ctrl+click to select multiple controllers to download. Select All Content in the Download drop-down list, then click the Download button. NOTE If you check Download Source Files on the Properties page but the controller does not have enough memory for the files, the download will fail. Uncheck the option and export the source files.
#### To export source files from the WebCTRL® application On the System Configuration tree, select System Settings. On the General tab under Source files, click Export.
#### To upload source files in the WebCTRL® application On the WebCTRL® Network tree, select the controller's network. On the Devices page, select the controller whose files you want to upload. NOTE Shift+click or Ctrl+click to select multiple controllers to upload. Select All Content in the Upload drop-down list, then click the Upload button. NOTE If an equipment has multiple views attached, the views will be uploaded with a display name of Default. To change the names, right-click the equipment in the tree, select Configure, then select the view in the Views > Attached list. The Display Name field appears for you to edit.
#### To import source files in the WebCTRL® application On the System Configuration tree, select System Settings. On the General tab under Source files, click Import. Browse to the *sourcefiles.zip file. Click Continue. Click Close. NOTE If the import detects a difference between a database file and an import file with the same name, import does not overwrite the database file. A message lists any file differences so that you can resolve them.