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Editing the data point information
You can edit the data point information in an exported CSV file. This allows you to use this
file as a configuration template for many other stations.
If you have a project with many stations of the same type, you can copy the CSV file with the
data points of a fully configured CP for other as yet unconfigured stations and adapt
individual parameters to the particular station. This saves you having to configure the data
points for every CP in STEP 7. Instead, you simply import the copied and adapted CSV file
to the other CPs of the same type. When you import this file into another CP, the changed
parameter values of the CSV file are adopted in the data point configuration of this CP.
The lines of the CSV file have the following content:
● Line 1: ,Name,Type,
This line must not be changed.
● Line 2: PLC,<CPU name>, <CPU type>,
Meaning: PLC (designation of the station class), CPU name, CPU type
Only the elements <CPU name> and <CPU type> may be changed.
The CPU type must correspond exactly to the name of the CPU in the catalog.
● Line 3: Module,<CP name>, <CP type>,
Meaning: Module (Designation of the module class), CP type, CP name
Only the elements <CP name> and <CP type> may be changed.
Be careful when changing the CP names if you want to import data points into several
CPs (see below).
The CP type must correspond exactly to the name of the CP in the catalog.
● Line 4: Parameter names (English) of the data points
This line must not be changed.
● Lines 5..n: Values of the parameters according to line 4 of the individual data points
You can change the parameter values for the particular station.
Importing into a CP
Before importing the data points make sure that the PLC tags required for the data points
have been created.
Note that when you import a CSV file all the data points existing on the CP will be deleted
and replaced by the imported data points.
Select a CP and select the import function from the shortcut menu of the CP. The import
dialog opens in which you select the required CSV file in the file directory.
If the information on the assignment of the individual data points to the relevant PLC tags
matches the assignment in the original CP, the data points will be assigned to the
corresponding PLC tags.
When you import data points into a CP, but some required PLC tags have not yet been
created in the CPU, the corresponding data point information cannot be assigned. In this
case, you can subsequently create missing PLC tags and them assign them the imported
data point information. The "Assignment repair" function is available for this (see below).
CP 1242-7 GPRS V2
Operating Instructions, 10/2016, C79000-G8976-C311-02
Configuration and operation
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