At a Glance

NOTE:

Unity Pro is the former name of Control Expert for version 13.1 or earlier.

If you have already used an older version of Unity Pro/Control Expert, and if you have created your own type library and families to store DFBs or DDTs, you have to provide this own type library and family for the new version of Control Expert.

Providing the type library and families

Follow the steps below to install a new version of Control Expert:

Step

Action

1

Start the Unity Pro/Control Expert software.

2

Use Tools to open the Type Library Manager .

3

Create a ready-to-install family for each family containing your own DFBs or DDTs (via the context menu for the applicable family). Save these families on your hard drive (but not in the Schneider Electric directories).

4

Install the new version of Control Expert.

5

Go to Programs > Schneider Electric > EcoStruxureControlExpert > Control Expert and start the Tool Type Library Update and install all of your families.

Note: If you want to use your families in several Libset versions, you must repeat this step for every Libset version.

6

Start the Control Expert software.

7

Make sure that all of your families have been installed.

8

Create an application.

9

Copy each DFB that belongs to your own type library from the library into your application.

10

Then copy each DFB from the application into the library family that it came from.

11

All of your libraries and families are now ready for the new Control Expert Version.