Exporting and Importing IOs

You can export and import IOs in text and spreadsheet formats.

This task shows you how to:

Export IOs

You can export IOs defined on a resource to an external file.

  1. In 3D Simulation, right-click on a resource in the Sequencing side tab.
    The context menu appears.
  2. Select Export Resource IO from the context menu.

    The Export IO dialog box appears.

  3. Use the dialog box to navigate to the folder where the file is to be saved.
  4. Enter a File name for the file to be saved.
  5. Select the file type to save from the Save as type list.
  6. Click Save.

    The file is created and saved at the specified location.

The IO information is stored in the following format:

Resource: 	SF200_Product100493.1
Controller Type:	NACHI AW
Name	Direction	Type   	Default Value	Port Number
IO1 	In       	Boolean	true         	023
IO2 	Out      	Boolean	false        	234
IO3 	Out      	Integer	1            	245
IO4 	In       	Double 	2.0          	450

Import IOs

You can import IOs that were previously exported as described above.

A successful import occurs when the following conditions are met:

  • The controller type of the selected resource and the type specified in the file are same. For Control Logic Devices, the import happens only when:
    • it controls the device of the specified controller type
    • the import is performed from another control device
  • The file is in the specified format
  • IO definition is syntactically correct

  1. In 3D Simulation, right-click on a resource in the Sequencing side tab.
    The context menu appears.
  2. Select Import Resource IO from the context menu.

    The Import IO dialog box appears.

  3. Use the dialog box to navigate to the file to import.
  4. Select the file and click Open.

    The file is imported.

    If the import is successful, the following message appears: