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Contents
General Overview 3.............................
Software Installation 4..........................
Installation From Emerson External Website 4......
Launching the Application for the First Time 8.......
More Important Features 20......................
Duplicate 20..................................
Save Projects & Save Projects As 21...............
Compare 21..................................
Cv Plot 22....................................
Next Tag & Previous Tag 22.....................
Save As Template 23...........................
Help & About 23..............................
Drawings 23..................................
Report Generation Process 24....................
Profile Features 25..............................
User Profile 25................................
Project Profile 26..............................
Update your Software 27........................
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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Enabling engineers to be more productive at control valve sizing & selection.
Overview
Designed for engineers, Fisher Specification Manager software offers a powerful set of tools for producing an ISA
specification sheet faster, improving noise prediction calculations and exporting dimensional data for Fisher and
Baumann control valves. You’ll find it easy to learn and use. Fisher Specification Manager software helps take the worry
out of control valve specification.
Clear, Sequential Specification Process
Create an ISA specification sheet with ease using Fisher Specification Manager software. Simply navigate through the
tabbed steps to enter your mechanical requirements and service conditions. Fisher Specification Manager software
will guide you through control valve models and construction details to complete your specification sheet.
It’s All About Efficiency
Convenient hot buttons and rightclick options provide quick access to view Cv plots and create new projects, tags,
and revisions. The Windowsr Explorertype view allows for quick navigation between projects and tags. You can set
engineering unit preferences for each new project.
Fisher and Baumann™ control valve bulletins in PDF format are available from the software during control valve
selection.
Powerful Comparison and Editing Tools
You can build a default specification sheet for the project and quickly use notes from a clipboard. The “find and
replace” feature ensures a fast process for changes across the entire project.
Fisher Specification Manager software offers a powerful comparison tool for evaluating differences between tags
and/or revisions.
Quickly Generate Dimensional Drawings
Fisher Specification Manager software can create dimensional drawing reports for your project that are consistent with
the Intergraph DDP (Dimensional Data for Piping) module. The dimensional data can be viewed in a Microsoftr Word
document as a drawing or exported to an Excel spreadsheet for Import into DDP.
Share Information Quickly With Other Programs
Fisher Specification Manager software can reliably export the data on the ISA specification sheet into a text or XML file
format. Mapping features deliver the data ready to use for Intergraph’s Intools and your Emerson sales engineer’s
quotation tool.
The custom mapping tool empowers you to create your own data map so that you can exchange data with other
systems as well.
Electronic Reports
You can easily generate and share the following Microsoft reports with your project team using Fisher Specification
Manager software: ISA specification sheet; Control valve sizing calculation; Actuator sizing calculation; Project
Summary; Cv versus travel plot; Dimensional drawing.
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Below is a stepbystep guide to help you get Fisher Specification Manager setup on your PC.
Installation From Emerson External Website
1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to www.FisherSpecificationManager.com.
2. Click the link “Download Fisher Specification Manager”.
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3. Click the link “Click here” towards the bottom of the next web page.
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4. Once the registration form appears, fill in the required fields (highlighted Yellow below) and click the Register
button.
5. If you see the web page below, your registration is complete. Click the button “Download” to proceed with
downloading Fisher Specification Manager.
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6. When you see the below dialog boxes, click “Yes” then “Run“. Download will take approximately 1 minute
depending on your network connection.
7. Once the download has completed, select Run on the below dialog box.
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8. The Fisher Specification Manager installation wizard will guide you through the setup process. Below is a
suggested method of installation.
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Launching the Application for the First Time
Now that your Fisher Specification Manager installation is complete, you will need to learn how to navigate
throughout the application. To do so, we will perform several mock scenarios and examples to help familiarize you
with the program.
1. Launch Fisher Specification Manager by doubleclicking the icon on your desktop. If you have another way you
would like to launch the app, please do so at your preference.
2. The Splash Screen will appear for a few moments, followed by the main screen (shown below).
3. We will want to size a valve for this project, therefore we need to CREATE a New Project by clicking the “New
Project” button on the far left side of the Toolbar.
4. A project folder will appear within the Tree View on the left hand side of the screen. At this point you can modify
the Project Name (e.g. “Project1”) if you like. For this sample’s purpose, we will leave it as “Project1”, and click the
“New Tag” button just to the right of the “New Project” button. You can also rename the Tag to something more
meaningful.
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5. Within each Tag you can size a valve, and you can create multiple Tags within a Project. As you can see, Fisher
Specification Manager operates by using a TAB system. A new tag always begins on the “1Installation Data” tab. A
user steps through each tab in order (“1” through “7”), but is not required to complete them all by any means.
Typically a user will stop at tab “3” for Valve Selection, and that will be all the user will need.
6. Within the Installation Data tab, select/fillin the following fields on the form with these values:
a. Style “Globe”
b. Rating “CL300”
c. Nominal Inlet Pipe Size “2”
d. Nominal Outlet Pipe Size - “2”
e. End Connection “RF Flg”
f. Insulation “None”
g. Allowable Noise “90”
h. Body to Bonnet bolt & nuts material “Manufacturer Standard”
i. Packing Flange Studs & Nuts “Manufacturer Standard”
j. Design Pressure “100”, “psig”
k. Design Temperature “60”, “deg F”
l. ANSI Shutoff - “ANSI CL II”
m. Service Description “Service Description Sample”
You can’t see the values very well in this image, but it should look something like this:
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