Create your first project

1. Create the project

Create a project from the Nodectra dashboard and open it in Development Studio. A new project contains fixed system structure and one or more Runtime targets.

2. Add a development signal

Inside a Runtime subtree, add a Sensor Simulator. Create a floating-point output such as Room temperature with the unit °C.

The simulator is a development source. It is valid for Commissioning packages but rejected from Production packages.

3. Add working data and logic

Create a Data Table variable and a Block Program. Bind the simulator output to the table variable, then bind that value to the program input.

A minimal program can use:

Input → Math (+ correction) → Output

4. Add operator views

Create a Graphic, a 3D Scene, a Data Storage and a Chart. Bind the calculated program output to the Graphic and 3D sensor marker. Bind it to Data Storage when historical retention is required, then configure the Chart from the live or stored series.

5. Verify before deployment

Check all of the following:

• each binding has compatible type and unit;
• live values have the expected quality;
• programs have no cycle, ambiguous input or calculation error;
• operator commands resolve to exactly one writable Point;
• no Sensor Simulator remains in a Production target.

The built-in Temperature signal workflow creates this vertical slice as normal editable project objects. It is a starting point, not a separate runtime mechanism.