Configuration
4.10 Data points
SIMATIC CC7
Operating Instructions, 10/2019, C79000-G8976-C503-02
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Export from STEP 7
In the STEP 7 project, export the tags into an export file.
Recommendation: Give the export files meaningful names from which the station type,
station name and possibly the DB number can be derived.
The following file formats are supported: *.db, *.awl, *.xlsx, *.sdf, *.xml, *.dif, *.asc
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STEP 7 Professional (TIA Portal)
DB tags
– Select the DB.
– Click on the shortcut menu "Generate source from blocks > Selected blocks only".
– Select the file type "DB files (*.db)" and click "Save".
PLC tags
– Open the tag table
– Click on the "Export" icon above the tag table.
– Select the relevant options in the following dialog.
– Save the PLC tags in one of the following file formats: *.xlsx, *.xml, *.sdf
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STEP 7 V5.6
DB tags
– In SIMATIC Manager, open the DB in the block directory of the CPU.
– Click on "File > Generate source" in the block editor.
– In the "New" dialog, select the sources of the CPU, assign a name for the file under
"Object name" and click on OK.
– In the next dialog "Generate source", move the DB(s) to the "Blocks selected" box
using the arrow symbol.
Select the "Absolute" option and click on OK.
– Close the block window.
– In SIMATIC Manager, in the source directory of the CPU, select the newly generated
source and click on the shortcut menu "Export source".
– In the "Export source" dialog, select the desired target directory in the PC file system.
– Select the file type "STL source (*.awl)" and click "Save".
Symbols
– Select the S7 program of the CPU in SIMATIC Manager.
– Open the symbol table.
– Click on the menu "Table > Export".
– Save the symbol table in one of the following file formats: *.SDF, *.ASC, *.DIF
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