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Integrating projects

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While no editor is required to create a base version, to create additional B&R Automation Studio versions and perform backups via jobs, an editor must be installed on the same computer on which the server or agent is running.

The component type BRAutomationStudio is available in the B&R/DCS directory for B&R Automation Studio projects. The APJ file and the corresponding project files and folders are integrated.

Component types can be customized in the AdminClient in the Component type editor module.

To integrate your project data into octoplant, proceed as follows:

  1. Create a new component in the UserClient with the component type mentioned above.
  2. Open the working directory of the component using the button or the context menu item Show in file manager (Ctrl+E).
  3. Move the desired project data into the working directory of the component.
  4. Check-In the component using the Create base version and Check-In button.
  5. You can now manage the project in octoplant.

FAQ

Editing B&R Automation Studio projects fails

The file naming conventions for the B&R Automation Studio Editor are more restrictive than in octoplant. Sometimes a path valid in octoplant cannot be opened in B&R Automation Studio because the file path (not necessarily in the file name itself) contains an invalid character. The following characters are not allowed in B&R /*?"`<>|&#$%§äöüÄÖÜÜ~'

Check the file name of the project to make sure it does not contain any special characters.

  1. Open the UserClient and navigate to the component.
  2. Right-click on the component and select Show in file manager or press Ctrl+E.
  3. Click in the address bar of Windows Explorer and check whether the file path contains special characters (for example, you cannot name a folder B&R because of the & character).

If the problem persists, please contact B&R support.

B&R editor does not open in the desired language.

To open a project with the editor in the desired language, you need to change the path in the registry.

If you are not an advanced user, we recommend that you make a backup copy of your Windows registry before proceeding.

  1. Open the Windows registry (either by clicking the Start button and entering regedit in the search field or by pressing WIN + R and then entering regedit in the field).

  2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Classes > apjprogram > Shell > Open > command.

  3. The value of the entry should look like this: C:\Program Files\BrAutomation\AS40\Bin-en\AutomationStudio.exe" "%1

  4. Change the ./Bin-/ part of the path to change the start language of the B&R editor.

  5. If you change the path, for example to C:\Program Files\BrAutomation\AS40\Bin-de\AutomationStudio.exe" "%1 the editor is started in German. The path C:\Program Files\BrAutomation\AS40\Bin-en.\AutomationStudio.exe" "%1 is for the English version.

This only works if the language you want to activate was also installed during the installation of B&R.

If the problem persists, please contact B&R support.