FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot

FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot is your generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant, designed to streamline your workflow and deepen your understanding of FactoryTalk Design Studio.
TIP: You can use Copilot to explain your application code. Copilot cannot modify safety-related content.
You can use Copilot to help you manage devices in the following ways.

Create Devices

Copilot can create all devices, including:
  • Controllers
  • I/O devices
  • Communication devices
Supported creation behaviors:
  • Single or multiple devices in one request
  • Assign or unassign devices
  • Defaults applied when only minimum info is provided
  • Requests for missing info when required details aren’t given

Delete Devices

Copilot supports the following delete actions.
  • Delete single or multiple devices
  • If you delete controllers with assigned devices, Copilot unassigns rather than deletes child devices
  • Shows errors when deletion is invalid or unsafe
  • Reject deletions of online-only devices

Update Devices

Copilot updates or configures the following device properties.
  • Name, description
  • Slot number
  • Revision, address, and so on.
  • Backplane size

Assign/Unassign Devices

Copilot supports the following assignment workflows.
  • Assigning unassigned devices
  • Unassigning assigned devices
  • Moving devices across controllers
  • Assigning multiple devices to one or more controllers

Query/Insights About Devices

Copilot can answer questions such as:
  • What devices are assigned to Controller X?
  • List unassigned devices
  • Show properties of Device Y
  • What devices are in the topology?
Copilot can query across:
  • Device types
  • Assigned/unassigned distinctions
  • Multiple devices at once
For more information on how to activate and use Copilot, see the .
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