Installing Festo Automation Suite; Start Screen - Festo VPPI S1BT Series Manual

Commissioning
8.2.1

Installing Festo Automation Suite

Administrator rights and a connection to the Internet are required for this action.
The requirement for the VPPI plug-in is WINDOWS 10, version 1909 or newer.
1. Download the Festo Automation Suite installation file from the Support Portal
è www.festo.com/sp.
2. Start installation by double-clicking on the installation file.
3. Follow instructions in the installation program.
Ä The Festo Automation Suite is installed. The program starts automatically with the start
screen after successful installation depending on the selected option.
8.2.2

Start screen

Projects can be opened and functions that are frequently required at the start can be executed on the
start screen. The start screen is displayed by default when the Festo Automation Suite is started for
the first time.
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Fig. 5: Start screen, example (version V2.2)
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List of recently used projects
The list of recently used projects provides quick access to recently used projects. The 'Browse local
files' button can be used to open a locally saved project from a directory in the file system.
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Start options and installations
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