Freelance Quickstart Tutorial

The Freelance Quickstart Tutorial is meant to help you with a quick and efficient start with Freelance, the distributed control system (DCS) for process applications from ABB.

Here, you find the Video Workshop, how to get the software and other useful information. This workshop will guide you learning to work with the system. You will learn how to configure, test and commission your first project. 

For the workshop part of the tutorial (Basics and Engineering) it is recommended to use the free trial software and a project file, which you can easily request from us.

Current version for download: 3BDD015217 en K Freelance Quickstart tutorial and demo 2024.
Freelance 2024 runs on Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Introduction
Basics
Engineering

Free trial software

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Freelance Engineering

Overview about the easy-to-learn engineering tool for Freelance.

How to assemble AC 700F

Easy assembly and overview of the hardware modules.
Freelance Operations

Overview of the Freelance operator interface.
AC 700F and AC 900F

This session gives an overview of the AC 700F and AC 900F controllers.

Introduction to the new AC 900F controller

Introduction to the new, powerful AC 900F controller.

Freelance Formulation

Easy and affordable recipe management package for the Freelance DCS.

Redundancy with AC 900F

This video explains how easy it is to use AC 900F in redundant configuration.

Freelance User Management

User management / access rights handling with the Freelance DCS.

In this part of the workshop you will learn how to install the Freelance DCS in just a few minutes and you will learn how to create a small program. The entire tutorial will be based on the Water Plant project, which will also be explained.
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Installation
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First steps
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The project tree
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The Water Plant project
This part of the workshop is focusing on engineering. You will learn about Function Blocks, Tasks and the Graphics Editor.
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PROFINET
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Graphic Editor
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Function Blocks Part 1 - Basics
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Commissioning
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Function Blocks Part 2 - Working with Function Blocks
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Sequential Function Charts (SFC)
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Function Blocks Part 3 - Advanced Function Block Handling
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Working with Tasks
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