4-3 Manually Setting Data Links
4-3-9 Creating, Reading, and Writing CSV Files (Saving)
3 Select File - Open menu bar, and then select *.csv from the File of Type Field.
Writing CSV Files (Saving)
Once data link tables have been created, they can be written to CSV-format files.
1 Select File - Save As from the menu bar in the Datalink Component Dialog Box,
and then select *.csv from the File of Type Field.
Note The following illustration provides an example of a written CSV file.
(1) Network ID
parameters
(2) Participating
node parameters
(3) Area 1
parameters
(4) Area 2
parameters
Note: When displayed by spreadsheet software (such as MS Excel).
Types of Data Written to CSV Files
Tag name Description Set value
<network-type>
The network type (CLK/SLK). CLK network: CLK
SLK network: SLK
<cycletime>
The communications cycle
time.
5 to 255. Enabled only when
<network –type> is set to SLK,
and ignored when <network-type>
is set to CLK. An error will be
generated if an out-of-range value
is set when a file is loaded.
<author>
The name of the author
SLK: (Table information)
author
Set any text string (with up to 30
characters). Enabled only when
<network –type> is set to SLK.
<information>
(Title or node
information)
Input file information.
CLK: Node information
SLK: (Table information) title
Set any text string (with up to 30
characters).
(1) <net-
param>
<comment>
Comment.
SLK: (Table information)
comment
Set any text string (with up to 255
characters). Enabled only when
<network –type> is set to SLK,
and ignored when <network-type>
is set to CLK.
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