Michael Thomson wrote:
> My problem is entering a large number of discrete tags using the tag
> configuration editor. I am using RSLinx as an OPC server to the memory
> locations in a PLC 5 and it doesn't have the option to browse the memory
> addresses to make a large number of tags with the tag wizard. Can anyone
> give me some direction on how to take a spreadsheet file and convert it to a
> ..scf tag file. I don't see any options for creating a tag programmatically.
> Is there a .scf file editor maybe?
>
> I am using labview 6.0 with the Data and Supervisory Control module.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Thomson
> Progressive Systems, Inc.
Michael,
You can use import/export feature of SCF editor. First create sample ta
g in SCF editor, then export sample tag to text file and then import it into spreadsheet application, say Excel.
Create your tags in excel in appropriate columns and format and export
it back to text (tab delimited, as far as I remember). Finally import it
to tag editor.
This is basic procedure and may be you'll have to play around. You can
also try to use ServerExplorer to export tags to text from OPC server,
but as far as I understand, your server does not have browse feature :o(
.. I was used it for the same purpose last year.
Good Luck,
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Sergey Krasnishov
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Automated Control Systems
National Instruments Alliance Member
Moscow, Russia
sergey_acs@levsha.ru
http://acs.levsha.ru
