e-Design

User manual
 1. OVERVIEW 3

2. DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL E-DESIG 4

3. FIRST RUN 7

4. SIGN UP / SIGN IN 8

5. STARTING A DESIGN SOFTWARE 11

6. QUICK ACCESS 12

7. UPGRADE 13

8. SUPPORT 14

9. SETTINGS 15

10. E-DESIGN END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 18

11. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE 18

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 1. Overview

e-Design is the single point of access to ABB LP Design Software. It provides a quick and
immediate interface to use Design software and support services.

As shown in Figure 1, e-Design offers a menu bar to quickly reach all the functionalities
provided: quick access, software, tools, upgrade, support, settings. This bar is always visible
and the active section is highlighted.

Figure 1 e-Design

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 2. Download and Install e-Desig

e-Design can be downloaded from

http://www.abb.com/edesign-software.
Check out the minimum requirements before installing the software.
Installation steps:
 Download e-Design setup and save it anywhere on your computer
 Double click on e-Design setup to start the installation wizard (Figure 2)

Figure 2 Installation wizard

 You are required to accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA) to

proceed in the installation (Figure 3).

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 Figure 3 Installation wizard – End-User License Agreement (EULA)

 During the wizard you can change the destination folder (Figure 4) or keep
the proposed one.

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 Figure 4 Installation wizard - Destination folder

 After collecting the required data the installation begins.

 Complete the installation by clicking Finish.

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 3. First run

Start e-Design by double clicking on the Desktop icon.

On the very first run, you’re prompted to choose your country (Figure 5).

Figure 5 Country selection

Once the country is selected, you’re redirected on the “software” section (Figure 6).

Figure 6 Software Section

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 This section provides all the available software for the chosen country. Choose Install
to install a Design Software.

4. Sign Up / Sign In

In order to download and use a design software, you have to be registered and
obtain an access code to activate your account. The “sign up | sign in” form appears
the first time you try to install a software.

To sign up (Figure 7) you have to provide a few personal information and agree with
the ABB Privacy Policy included in the EULA.

The access code needed to activate e-Design will be sent to the provided E-mail
address.

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 Figure 7 Sign Up form

In case you already have an access code you directly sign in. It is always possible to
request your access code by using the “Forgot your access code? Click here to get it
back!” button (Figure 8).
The Sign In phase is a “one time” login: you won’t be asked to reenter your
credentials.

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 Figure 8 Sign in form

To install a Design Software you have to follow these simple steps:

 click on “Install” button
 sign in (only the first time)
 the setup of the Design Software is downloaded
 when the setup download is completed, the setup wizard starts automatically
 complete the Design Software installation wizard

Administrator rights are required to perform the installation.

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 5. Starting a Design Software

Once the Design Software installation wizard is completed, you can run it simply by
pressing the corresponding tile which gets colored after the installation (see Figure 9
Software section - A).

Figure 9 Software section

For each installed software, e-Design shows the current version and the installation
date (Figure 9 - B).
Follow the installation steps above to install another Design Software (Figure 9 – C).

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 6. Quick access

The “quick access” section provides shortcuts to the installed Design Software.
Each new installed software is automatically added to the list. You can unpin a
software by right-clicking on its tile and then clicking on the “Unpin” button. The
selected software have a mark on the top right corner of the tile (see Figure 10).

Figure 10 Quick access

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 7. Upgrade

The “upgrade” section shows the available software upgrades. If one or more
upgrades are available a number is shown near the section name.

Figure 11 Upgrade section

The availability of upgrades is checked once per day. You can force the check through
the “Check now” button.
For each available upgrade the following information is shown:
 Current version: version of installed available software
 Install date: installation date
 Upgraded version: newer version available online
 Release date: release date of the newer version

The software can be upgraded clicking on the “Upgrade” button. If more than one
upgrade is available, the “Upgrade all” button allows to upgrade all the software at
once.
Administrator rights are required to perform the upgrade.

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 8. Support

The “support” section provides the available contacts to get support for all installed
software. Each software has its dedicated support service.

Figure 12 Upgrade section

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 9. Settings

The “settings” section allows you to manage e-Design settings.

The General settings (see Figure 13) allows to change the language of e-Design.

Figure 13 Settings section

The “User” settings (see Figure 14) allows you to change your personal data (the
provided E-mail address can’t be changed). In order to save changes, click the
“Update” button.
The “Network Settings” (see Figure 15) allows you to set the networks settings that
e-Design should use in order to access the net: the default option, Automatic, let e-
Design try to choose the settings itself, while the Manual option let you choose your
preferred network parameters.
“About” shows the current version of e-Design

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 Figure 14 User settings

Figure 15 Network settings

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 Figure 16 About

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 10. e-Design End User License Agreement

The End User License Agreement (EULA) is available online at this location.
(http://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK106103
A2575&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch).

11. Third Party Software

These third-party software may be included or contained:

 Modern UI for WPF (https://github.com/firstfloorsoftware/mui)

License: Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

 MVVM Light Toolkit (http://www.mvvmlight.net)

License: The MIT license

 SQLite (https://www.sqlite.org)

License: Public domain

 Zlib (http://zlib.net)

License: The zlib/libpng License

 log4net (http://logging.apache.org/log4net)
License: Apache License

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