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1 Page 1 (9) PREN WHAT IS THE NAME LIST? 2 HOW TO USE THE NAME LIST 2 MAKING A NEW NAME LIST 2 MAKING A NAME LIST IN AN EXISTING PROJECT 3 IMPORT FROM CSV 4 IMPORT MODULES 5 SIEMENS STEP7 5 BECKHOFF TWINCAT 7 Article template, Oct Head Office Subsidiary Subsidiary Subsidiary Beijer Electronics Products AB Beijer Electronics GmbH Beijer Electronics Inc. Hitech Electronics Corp. Box 426 Zettachring 2A 939 N. Plum Grove Road, Suite F 4F, No Chung-Cheng Road SE Malmö, Sweden Stuttgart, Germany Schaumburg, IL , USA Shin-Tien,Taipei Shien, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: Tel: Tel: Tel: Fax: Fax: Fax: Fax: Internet info@beijerelectronics.com VAT reg no SE

Page 2 (8) What is the Name List? The Name list in Information Designer is used to give an HMI project better structure and make the development process faster and easier.

2 Page 2 (8) What is the Name List? The Name list in Information Designer is used to give an HMI project better structure and make the development process faster and easier. The Name List can work with either the Tag List used by the controller to achieve better integration between the HMI and controller or a tag list created specifically for the HMI. How to use the Name List The Name List dialog is designed to be easy to use and give the user the tools he needs to make a structured project and integrate it with the controller. Making a new Name List When you start working with a new project the Name List is empty and it is very easy to add new items to it. Every item in the Name List has a name, address, comment, data type, index and a Poll Group. To start adding items enter a Name and address for that item as well as select a data type and Poll interval group. Then click Add to add it to the name list.

Page 3 (8) Making a Name List in an existing project If you already have an HMI project and want to start using the name list Information Designer has a built in function to extract the used devices

3 Page 3 (8) Making a Name List in an existing project If you already have an HMI project and want to start using the name list Information Designer has a built in function to extract the used devices in the project and add them to the Name List. The only thing needed to click the Undefined button and Information Designer will start searching for unnamed devices in the project and adding them to the name list.

access to the tags used in the PLC. 1. Select Import in the Name List 2.

4 Page 4 (8) Import from CSV In most PLC programming softwares a tag list can be exported into a CSV file. This CSV file can be imported to the Information Designer project to give fast and easy access to the tags used in the PLC. 1. Select Import in the Name List 2. Select the text file you want to import. 3. Choose how the file is separated and in what columns the different data types are located.

Page 5 (8) Import Modules Some drivers in Information Designers have Import Modules and they are used to import tags from the PLC programming software such as Siemens Step7 and Beckhoff Twin Cat.

5 Page 5 (8) Import Modules Some drivers in Information Designers have Import Modules and they are used to import tags from the PLC programming software such as Siemens Step7 and Beckhoff Twin Cat. The Import Module assures that all information is imported correctly. Siemens Step7 The import module makes it possible to import symbols and structures to the Name List from project files generated by Step7. To import the tags select Name List in the View menu, click Import and select the project-file (.s7p) for the Step7-project that is to be imported and click OK.. If the file is valid the following screen will appear:

Page 6 (8) Click "Find Sources" to search the project folder for the symbol and struct-files, if more than one struct-file is found select the one that is to be imported from the list that is shown.

6 Page 6 (8) Click "Find Sources" to search the project folder for the symbol and struct-files, if more than one struct-file is found select the one that is to be imported from the list that is shown. Import the tags by clicking on the corresponding Import-button. Data from more than one file or project can be added at the same time. To import from additional.dbf,.awl or project-files, click on the button with the three dots and select the file.

To import the tags select Name List in the View menu and click Import and select the export-file (.

7 Page 7 (8) Beckhoff TwinCat Tags may be imported from a TPY-file, generated by the Beckhoff programming tool TWINCAT. After a rebuild of the PLC program a new import must be made since the addresses may have been changed. To import the tags select Name List in the View menu and click Import and select the export-file (.tpy) for the Twin cat-project that is to be imported and click Import. When importing, the dialog Import Settings is opened:

8 Page 8 (8) Setting Station No Only include HMI variables Include all variables Maximum number of variables Description The station number for which the import is made A filter is used to only include variables with an HMI-comment, see below All variables in tpy-file are imported up to maximum limit, see below The maximum number of variables that will be included in the import What is imported? In order to filter the variables a special comment or property must be added to the variable declaration. UnsMerker AT %MB40 : UINT; (* ~ (MyComment)(HMI) *) UnsMerker AT %MB40 : UINT; (* HMI *) If the property is divided in two parts as in example 1 above, only the first part will be shown in the Name List. If variables from a function block are imported they can be filtered in two ways: To add all variables from a specified function block, add a HMI-comment after the declaration of the block. All variables will then be imported. To add certain variables from the block, add an HMI-comment after the declaration of the block AND after the variables in the block that are to be imported. Only the ones that are marked will be imported. Example: All variables from a block are imported: In MAIN: UnsMerker: ImportAllVar; (* HMI *) In FB: FUNCTION_BLOCK ImportAllVar: VAR VAR1: INT; (*SomeComment1*) VAR2: INT; (*SomeComment2*) END_VAR Example: Only the HMI-commented variables from a block are imported (in the example VAR1 will be added): In MAIN:

9 Page 9 (8) UnsMerker: ImportHMIVar; (* HMI *) In FB: FUNCTION_BLOCK ImportHMIVar: VAR VAR1: INT; (*~ (SomeComment1)(HMI)*) VAR2: INT; (*SomeComment2*) END_VAR Data types The import module supports variables of two types of data type: standard data types and user defined data types. Standard data types The following data types in the Beckhoff programming tool are considered standard data types by the import module: BOOL, BYTE, STRING, INT, WORD, SINT, UINT, USINT, DINT, UDINT, and DWORD, REAL, TIME and ARRAY of the types above. User defined data types The import module handles also user defined types as long as the data type definition is included in the tpyfile. If variables of structured data types are used, one device per structure member is created.

3 Downloading the Project via Serial Cable

3 Downloading the Project via Serial Cable Downloading Projects to an EXTER Operator 1 Function and Area of Use This document describes different ways to download an Information Designer project to an EXTER operator terminal, especially in comparison