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Menu: Components Insert PLC Modules Unity Pro Export to
Spreadsheet
Command entry: AEUNITYPROSS
Imports Unity Pro hardware (.xhw) and I/O variable (.xsy) files and formats
the data into a PLC import spreadsheet in preparation for the Spreadsheet to
PLC I/O utility. After you create the spreadsheet file, create PLC style drawing
files automatically with the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O utility.
When you click OK, you are prompted to enter a name for the PLC spreadsheet
file. You can save this file in .xls (preferred), .mdb or .csv format. Once you
enter a name (or accept the default) and click Save, you are then prompted
to create an equipment list spreadsheet file. You can save this file in .xls, .mdb
(preferred) or .csv format. The suggested file name is the name of the hardware
import file with the suffix (Equipment).
Hardware File
The path and file name of the hardware file created from Unity Pro (.xhw)
displays at the top of this section of the dialog box.
Allows you to view and select the hardware configur-
ation from the Unity Pro export files. The tree struc-
ture has four nodes:
Hardware file information
Unity Project (export file name)
Bus name
Rack location and catalog number
Module location and catalog number
Right-click on a node to include or exclude modules
from being saved into the spreadsheet file. Upon
exclusion the module icon changes to indicate that
it was excluded. You can exclude or include an entire
rack node. Multiple node selection is allowed.
Changed icons:
NOTE If you choose to include modules that do not
contain any I/O addressing, the module catalog
number appears in the Code column of the spread-
sheet.
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