kcmmk5 (Customer) asked a question.
Looking to display array data table on C-more EA9
I have an array data table within a CompactLogix PLC that I would like to display on a status screen on a C-more EA9. Does anyone know if there is an easier way to do this short of creating each object for each tag independently? The array is created from a UDT that contains STRING and BOOL data, and has an array length of 25.
I am not sure if my response will answer your question as you would like.
What I normally do when making array tags in CMore is make a tag for the FIRST element of of each array.
Export the CMore tag database to a filetype (csv, xls) that EXCEL (or whatever the free spreadsheet flavor of the day might be)
In EXCEL, I copy and edit the FIRST element of each array, paste and edit each so that I have all of the elements of the arrays that I need.
This saves me about 92,955,807 tag creation dialog clicks per project(*) YMMV!
(*) = 1 AU
Yes. I am familiar with that and that is how I would import the tags, if every tag needs to be setup in the C-more.
What I am looking for is an option to graphically create a table to display that data. I've done more digging in the meantime and it looks like it can actually be done using a recipe sheet. I was originally hoping to be able to insert a table as an object onto a screen but, it looks like the recipe option should work well since it has the ability to page up/down.
Thanks.