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Summary of Changes
Summary of Changes
This document describes how to use version 2.2 (major revision 2,
minor revision 2) of the import/export utility that is included with
RSLogix 5000 programming software, version 11.10.
Changes made for version 11.10 include:
•Support for the 1756-L63 controller (see page 2-5).
•New controller attributes to support sequential function charts
(see page 2-5).
•Corrected the DATATYPE attributes and added the FamilyType
attribute (see page 3-2).
•Additional information for the CompatibleModule and KeyMask
attributes of the MODULE component (see page 3-6).
•Addition of RSNetWorxFileName attribute to the MODULE
component (see page 3-7).
•Addition of SFC_ACTION, SFC_STEP, and SFC_STOP tag types
(see page 3-11).
•Addition of 38400 as a supported serial port baud rate (3-38).
•Addition of structured text instructions (see page 6-1).
•Addition of EOT, SFR, and SFP instructions to relay ladder (see
pages 4-5 and 4-8) and structured text (see pages 6-5 and 6-8).
•Addition of sequential function chart components
(see page 7-1).
•Addition of an appendix that lists the valid CommMethod and
ConfigMethod values for the supported I/O modules
(see page A-1)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Importing and Exporting Files
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Importing a Complete Text File into a Project. . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Exporting a Complete Project to a Text File . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Importing a Tags Text File into a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Exporting Tags to a Text File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Selecting the scope of the tags to export. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Chapter 2
Structuring a Complete (.L5K)
Import/Export File Format
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Internal file comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Placing Information in an Import/Export File . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Display style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Component descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Defining a Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Specifying CONTROLLER attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CONTROLLER guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CONTROLLER example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Chapter 3
Creating a Complete
Import/Export File
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Defining a Data Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Specifying DATATYPE attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Specifying a DATATYPE member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Specifying DATATYPE member attributes . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
DATATYPE guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
DATATYPE example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Defining a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Specifying MODULE attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Specifying a MODULE connection list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Specifying MODULE connection list attributes . . . . . . . . 3-8
MODULE guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
MODULE example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Defining a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Defining a TAG declaration for a non-alias tag . . . . . . . 3-11
Defining a TAG declaration for an alias tag. . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Defining an array specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Specifying TAG attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Defining TAG initial values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Defining a comment for a TAG component. . . . . . . . . . 3-29
TAG guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
TAG examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
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Defining a Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Specifying PROGRAM attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
PROGRAM guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
PROGRAM example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Defining a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Specifying TASK attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
TASK guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
TASK example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Defining a Controller Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Specifying CONFIG attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
CONFIG examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Chapter 4
Entering Ladder Diagram Logic
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Entering a Ladder Logic Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Specifying ROUTINE attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Entering Rung Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Rung guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Ladder ROUTINE example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Entering Branches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Example with a single branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Example with two simultaneous branches. . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Entering Rung Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Entering Neutral Text for Ladder Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Chapter 5
Entering Function Block
Diagram Logic
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Entering a Function Block Diagram Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Specifying FBD_ROUTINE attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Entering Function Block Diagram Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
SHEET guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
FBD_ROUTINE example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Entering IREFs and OREFs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
IREF and OREF guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
IREF and OREF examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Entering ICONs and OCONs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
ICON and OCON guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
ICON and OCON examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Entering Wires and Feedback Wires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
WIRE guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
WIRE example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Entering Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
BLOCK guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Entering Parameters for Function Block Instructions . . . . . . 5-12

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Chapter 6
Entering Structured Text Logic
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Entering a Structured Text Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Specifying STX_ROUTINE attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Entering Structured Text Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Structured text STX_ROUTINE example . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Entering Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Entering Structured Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Chapter 7
Entering Sequential Function
Chart Logic
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Entering a Sequential Function Chart Routine. . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Specifying SFC_ROUTINE attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
SFC_ROUTINE example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Entering Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Entering the PRESET block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Entering the LIMIT_HIGH block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Entering the LIMIT_LOW block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Entering the ACTION_LIST block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
STEP example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Entering Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Entering the CONDITION block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
TRANSITION example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Entering Subroutine Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
SBR_RET example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Entering Stops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
STOP example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Entering Branches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Entering the LEG block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
BRANCH example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Entering Directed Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
DIRECTED_LINK guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
DIRECTED_LINK example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Entering Text Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
TEXT_BOX guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
TEXT_BOX example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Entering Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
ATTACHMENT guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
ATTACHMENT example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
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Chapter 8
Structuring the Tag (.CSV)
Import/Export File Format
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Internal file comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Placing Information in a Tag (.CSV) Import/Export File . . . 8-2
Specifying a Tag Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Specifying dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
TAG examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Specifying an Alias Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Specifying a Comment Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Sample Scenarios of Importing/Exporting Tags. . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Example Tag Import/Export File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Appendix A
Valid CommMethod and
ConfigMethod Values
1734 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
1747 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
1756 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
1769 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
1771 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
1784 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
1788 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
1789 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
1794 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
1797 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
PowerFlex Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Drives and Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Appendix B
Considerations for Using
Microsoft Excel to Edit a .CSV File
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
RSLogix 5000 Data Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Microsoft Excel Data Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Appendix C
Import/Export Revision History
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Backward Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Import/Export Version 2.1 RSLogix 5000 Version 10.0. . . . . C-2
Changes to support MESSAGE tag enhancements . . . . . C-3
Import/Export Version 2.0 RSLogix 5000 Version 9.0 . . . . . C-4
Motion Changes to Support the SERCOS Protocol. . . . . . . . C-5

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Chapter 1
Importing and Exporting Files
Introduction
This document describes how to use version 2.2 (major revision 2,
minor revision 2) of the import/export utility that is included with
RSLogix 5000 programming software, version 11.10.
With a Logix controller, you can import/export an entire project or
you can import/export tags within a project.
When you import or export a project, you use the entire project. The
text file is a complete import/export file, that includes tag definitions,
data, program logic, I/O configuration information, and controller
configuration information. If you import or export tags, the text file is
a partial import/export file, that includes only tag definitions and
tag comments.
The structure of the import/export file depends on whether you
perform a complete or partial import/export operation. There are also
different considerations for complete and partial import/export
operations. This chapter shows how to perform the import/export
operations and describes any considerations.
When working with: You can: See Page:
projects import a text file to create a project 1-2
export a project into a text (.L5K) file 1-3
tags import tags into a project 1-4
export tags into a text (.CVS) file 1-6
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1-2 Importing and Exporting Files
Importing a Complete Text
File into a Project
You can import controller information from a saved text file (that has
a .L5K extension). This lets you use any text editor to create a project.
1. Select File →Open.
2. Select the text file.
Select the file to import.
By default, the software points to the
\RSLogix5000\Project folder. You can change
the default via Tools → Options.
Specify the name for the file to import.
Click Open.
The text file must have a .L5K extension.
3. Specify the name and location of the project
Specify the project name.
Specify the project location.
Click Import.