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5 In AutoCAD Electrical, click the arrow on the Insert PLC
(Parametric) tool to access the Unity Pro Export to Spreadsheet
tool.
6 Click the Unity Pro Export to Spreadsheet tool.
7 Select the Unity Pro hardware configuration file (.xhw) and
click Open.
8 Select the Unity Pro I/O configuration file (.xsy) and click
Open.
Upon successful validation of the files selected for import, the
Unity Pro Import dialog box displays.
9 In the Unity Pro Import dialog box, modify the selected files
to create a spreadsheet for PLC import. You can right-click on
a module or rack in the tree structure and select to include or
exclude it from being saved into the spreadsheet file. Do any
of the following optional steps:
■ Indicate whether to display only modules in the .xhw file that contain
I/O addressing (PLCs).
■ Indicate whether to include inner or outer terminals. You then need
to select whether to place the terminal symbol names in every row or
only those that have a defined I/O point.
■ In the Hardware File section, select the module to modify. The data
relative to the I/O variable file for the selected module displays in the
I/O Variable File section of the dialog box. If you select a module that
does not have addresses (such as power supplies or CPUs) the grid
remains empty.
■ Change the symbol name or device tag for any of the I/O points using
the right-click menu options. The Select Symbol option displays the
icon menu from which you can select the symbol name.
■ Specify the symbol name to be inserted for inner and outer terminals
in the spreadsheet. The default symbol name is HT0001 (a terminal
that maintains the wire number potential, has a tag strip ID and ter-
minal number, and is square). Click the Select from Icon Menu button
to select a terminal to use from the icon menu
10 Click OK.
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