can duplication of tag creation be avoided?

[dingler44]

I'm working on a DSC application. At the lowest level, I have 7 temperature controllers to read and archive data from.
Can I come up w/ a scheme of tags for reading info off of one temperature controller and then be able to somehow easily duplicate this for each other temp controller w/o individually creating every single tag?

Jimbo

[Ben]

Hi Jimbo,

Two ideas, I don't know what you have already tried.

1) Create one tag for one controller. Test it, make sure it is right. Select that tag and copy it.

2) Configuration Wizard.

I hope this helps.

Ben

[Greg Caesar]

The tag configuration wizard is usually the easiest way to go. But as a third option, you can use the export and import commands from the Tag Configuration Editor File Menu. Typically, you would get started by configuring just a few tags, export them to a spreadsheet, finish the configuration in MS-Excel, then import it back into the Tag Configuration Editor.

Regards,
Greg Caesar
National Instruments,
Applications Engineer