Micro800 Tag Export and Import Video at Inductive University

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[00:00] The Micro800 driver supports browsing global variables. However, there are some variable types that may not be browsable directly, such as UDTs, bool arrays, and arrays with non-zero starting indices. In this lesson, I'll demonstrate how to import a configuration file to make them browsable. In order to get this configuration file, I'll start in the Connected Components Workbench application, which is used to program my Micro800 PLC. while in the Micro800 project, I'll navigate to the project organizer pane, right click the desired controller, go to export, and select variables. It'll ask for a file name and a location to save it at, and then once it's saved, I'll head to my gateway webpage. From here, I'll navigate to the Connections section, expand Devices, and click Connections. I already have a connection to my Micro800 device. Go check out our "Connecting to Micro800" lesson if you'd like to see how to do that. I'll click this kebab icon and click Addresses.

[01:04] Then, this is where I can upload that CSV file I grabbed earlier. I'll click import configuration file, select the file, and click import. This list will be automatically filtered when importing via CSV to only bring in variables that are not exposed via browsing. If these were being manually entered, they would be filtered out when saving. I'll head over to my Designer and browse my devices to show this connection. Previously, I was not able to browse any of my tags, but after importing the file, I can now browse and see my tags. One thing to note is that local scope variables can't be accessed, but won't be filtered out in the import file. For example, if I were to try and read this function block variable, I would get a null value. If you'd like more information on the Micro800 driver tag addressing and importing, you can refer to our user manual page, which I'll link below the video.

The Micro800 driver supports browsing global variables. However, there are some variable types that may not be browsable directly, such as UDTs, bool arrays, and arrays with non-zero starting indices. In this lesson, I'll demonstrate how to import a configuration file to make them browsable. In order to get this configuration file, I'll start in the Connected Components Workbench application, which is used to program my Micro800 PLC. while in the Micro800 project, I'll navigate to the project organizer pane, right click the desired controller, go to export, and select variables. It'll ask for a file name and a location to save it at, and then once it's saved, I'll head to my gateway webpage. From here, I'll navigate to the Connections section, expand Devices, and click Connections. I already have a connection to my Micro800 device. Go check out our "Connecting to Micro800" lesson if you'd like to see how to do that. I'll click this kebab icon and click Addresses.

[01:04]          Then, this is where I can upload that CSV file I grabbed earlier. I'll click import configuration file, select the file, and click import. This list will be automatically filtered when importing via CSV to only bring in variables that are not exposed via browsing. If these were being manually entered, they would be filtered out when saving. I'll head over to my Designer and browse my devices to show this connection. Previously, I was not able to browse any of my tags, but after importing the file, I can now browse and see my tags. One thing to note is that local scope variables can't be accessed, but won't be filtered out in the import file. For example, if I were to try and read this function block variable, I would get a null value. If you'd like more information on the Micro800 driver tag addressing and importing, you can refer to our user manual page, which I'll link below the video.

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