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9.3 Topology check..................................................................................................37
9.4 Product information check ................................................................................. 37
9.5 Limits of the ETS project check ......................................................................... 37

10 Bus hierarchy ............................................................................................................. 38

10.1 General considerations......................................................................................38
10.2 Taking the building structure into account ......................................................... 38
10.3 Inclusion of customer requirements ................................................................... 39
10.4 Consideration of system limits, planning of reserves ......................................... 39
10.5 Line coupler or IP router? .................................................................................. 40
10.6 Data rates and cyclical processes ..................................................................... 41

11 Planning a project: Example ...................................................................................... 42

11.1 Requirements / regulations (specification text) .................................................. 42
11.2 Task definition....................................................................................................43
11.2.1 Parts list for solution 1: ............................................................................... 43
11.2.2 Parts list for solution 2: ............................................................................... 44

11.3 Determining the bus loads ................................................................................. 45

11.3.1 Scenario 1:.................................................................................................45
11.3.2 Always set the line/backbone coupler to “filter”! ......................................... 46
11.3.3 Scenario 2:.................................................................................................46
11.4 Summary of the bus load calculation ................................................................. 48

12 Administration functions, project documentation and archiving ................................. 48

12.1 Reports ..............................................................................................................48
12.2 Exporting group addresses ................................................................................ 50
12.3 Export OPC........................................................................................................51
12.4 Data types..........................................................................................................52

13 Database handling, project backup ........................................................................... 53

13.1 General ..............................................................................................................53
13.2 Using one database per project ......................................................................... 53
13.3 Creating regular backups ................................................................................... 54
13.4 Master database and project reconstruction ...................................................... 54
13.5 Central database memory and master database ............................................... 55

14 Complete project documentation ............................................................................... 55

14.1 Guidelines according to the German contracting procedure for building works
(VOB) 56
14.1.1 Contents of the project documentation ...................................................... 57
14.1.2 Handover to the client ................................................................................ 58
14.1.3 Duties / behaviour of the contractor after handing over the project ........... 58

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