{"id":52710,"date":"2023-10-24T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myscada.org\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=52710"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:47:27","password":"","slug":"tag-import","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/amitomation.cz\/en\/documentation\/tag-import\/","title":{"rendered":"Tag import"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also import tags directly from the PLC programming software Rockwell Studio and Siemens TIA Portal these features are only available with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myscada.org\/mydesigner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">myDESIGNER Enterprise<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0084c8;\">Importing from Rockwell Studio 5000<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To import tags from Rockwell studio, do the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Click on <strong>&#8220;File&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.1_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.1\" width=\"285\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Then click on <strong>&#8220;Save as&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.2_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.2\" width=\"285\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. A new window will pop up and you select a file to be saved as &#8220;<strong>Logic Designer XML File (*.L5X)<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.3_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.2\" width=\"565\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Then you will head to myDESIGNER where you create a connection to Rockwell PLC, head to the <strong>&#8220;Tags database&#8221;<\/strong> and click on <strong>&#8220;Import from Rockwell&#8221;<\/strong> Which will open up a new window where you will select a file which we have exported before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.4_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.3\" width=\"900\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. New Window will be opened, here you can select which tags you want to be imported, then you just click add and tags will be stored in projects tags database and you can use them in the project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.5_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"900\" height=\"549\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0084c8;\">Importing from Siemens TIA Portal<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The supported versions of TIA portals are version 14 and version 15.<\/p>\n<p>Download TIA portal connector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myscada.org\/?ddownload=10297\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1. First of all, you need to install mySCADA TIA portal connector.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.6_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"365\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet_plus imglist\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #4baddd;\"><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Detailed manual for installation of mySCADA TIA portal connector can be found here:<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myscada.org\/mydesigner-manual\/?section=myscada-restful-api\">TIA portal connector manual<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. After successful installation of TIA portal connector, we open up mySCADA TIA portal connector, if we have multiple version of TIA portal installed in our computer connector will let you select which one you want to use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.7_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"416\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. We click on start TIA portal which will automatically start TIA portal, then we open project inside TIA portal which we want to import tags from and then click on <strong>&#8220;Open the project view&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.8_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"900\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Now we can head back to TIA portal connector and click on <strong>&#8220;Connect to open TIA project&#8221;<\/strong> or we can directly open project which we want using <strong>&#8220;Open project&#8221;<\/strong> and selecting project we want.<br \/>\nIf we click on <strong>&#8220;Connect to open TIA project&#8221;<\/strong> it should show us at the bottom side of TIA portal connector direction where the project is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.9_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"900\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Now our job with TIA portal connector and TIA portal is done, we can head to myDESIGNER. Inside myDESIGNER we create a connection to the SIEMENS PLC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.10_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"900\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. We click on TIA which will read for a couple of seconds, first, myDESIGNER tries to read from localhost, then if he is no success after 10 seconds it will stop read button will turn into a clickable button if you click on that you can fill in IP address of the computer with TIA portal connector + port. After configuring that PLCs which are configured in TIA should load up, doesn&#8217;t matter how much of them is created inside TIA portal, so we select PLC of our choice and press <strong>&#8220;OKAY&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;ADD&#8221;<\/strong> This will add a connection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myscada.org\/downloads\/manuals_image\/img_12.6.11_edit.png\" alt=\"12.6.4\" width=\"900\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Now we can head into <strong>&#8220;Tags Database&#8221;<\/strong> and click on <strong>&#8220;TIA import&#8221;<\/strong> which will open up a new window which will load all tags from TIA plc. 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