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Importing into a module
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 module will be
deleted and replaced by the imported data points.
Select a module and select the import function from the shortcut menu of the module. 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 module, the data points will be assigned to the
corresponding PLC tags.
When you import data points into a module, 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).
If the names of the PLC tags in the module into which the import is made have different
names than in the module that exported, the corresponding data points cannot be assigned
to your PLC tags.
Importing into several modules
You can import the data points from several modules into the modules of a different project.
To do this in the import dialog select all the required CSV files with the control key.
Before importing the data points, make sure that the respective stations have been created
with CPUs of the same name, modules of the same name and PLC tags of the same name.
When you import the corresponding stations of the project are searched for based on the
module names in the CSV files. If a target station does not exist in the project or the module
has a different name, the import of the particular CSV file will be ignored.
Restrictions for the import of data points
In the following situations the import of data points will be aborted:
● An attribute required by the module is missing in the CSV file to be imported.
Example: If a data point to be imported uses a time trigger, the import will be aborted if no
time-of-day synchronization was configured for the module.
● The telecontrol protocol used by the module differs from that of the original module.
Only when importing into several modules:
● The import is aborted when a module or CPU name is different from the data in the CSV
file.
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