Localization

The Localization task allows you to manage language and country-specific settings such as the time zone and the used unit system.

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Task selector

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Settings

① Task selector

Task	Description
Information	Information
Address defaults	Address defaults
Device defaults	Device defaults
User profiles	User profiles
Naming defaults	Naming defaults
Localization	Localization
I/O assignment templates	I/O assignment templates
Number ranges	Number ranges
Certificates	Certificates

② Settings

Setting	Description
Time zone	Defines the project time zone of the project. The default time zone is defined in the ABT Site settings. Default time zone
Engineering unit	Select the unit system to be used from the drop-down list. The default unit system is International system (SI). International system (SI) US system of units Imperial system of units Canadian system of units Note All engineering units are listed. The system does not check the selected Engineering unit against the installed application types. Only application types of the selected Engineering unit can be edited. Application types of other unit systems are not displayed in Configuration > Application selection > Types in library. Application selection
Reports	Select the default language for generated reports from the drop-down list.
Active system language	Select the default project language from the drop-down list. This is the language in which project data is generated. The project language is automatically set as a runtime language. Note The project language can be different from the Application engineering language so that the user can engineer in a language he understands, but generate the data for customers which speak a different language. The Application engineering language is set in Project Manager > Settings.
Runtime languages	List of languages for download to the devices. English is displayed as fallback for any text which is not available in the text database of a selected language. The number of languages which can be selected is restricted to 4. The project language is automatically set as a runtime language. Updating text databases of devices ABT Pro checks for values in the Runtime languages field and compiles the project in the specified languages. You can set multiple languages.

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