ITcSmTreeItem Item Types

Every tree item in TwinCAT System Manager / TwinCAT XAE is being categorized into various groups, e.g. devices, boxes, task, ... . You can check the item type of a tree item by manually adding it to TwinCAT System Manager or XAE and then exporting its XML description via the corresponding menu entry.

TwinCAT System Manager: Actions --> Export XML description
TwinCAT XAE: TwinCAT --> Selected item --> Export XML description

In the resulting XML file, the item type is represented by the node <ItemType>.

General item types

Item type	Tag	Description
0	TREEITEMTYPE_UNKNOWN	---
1	TREEITEMTYPE_TASK	---
9	TREEITEMTYPE_IECPRJ	---
10	TREEITEMTYPE_CNCPRJ	---
11	TREEITEMTYPE_GSDMOD	Module of a Profibus GSD device
12	TREEITEMTYPE_CDL	---
13	TREEITEMTYPE_IECLZS	---
14	TREEITEMTYPE_LZSGRP	---
15	TREEITEMTYPE_IODEF	---
16	TREEITEMTYPE_ADDTASKS	---
17	TREEITEMTYPE_DEVICEGRP	---
18	TREEITEMTYPE_MAPGRP	---
30	TREEITEMTYPE_CANPDO	---
31	TREEITEMTYPE_RTIMESET	---
32	TREEITEMTYPE_BCPLC_VARS	---
33	TREEITEMTYPE_FILENAME	---
34	TREEITEMTYPE_DNETCONNECT	---
37	TREEITEMTYPE_FLBCMD	---
43	TREEITEMTYPE_EIPCONNECTION	---
44	TREEITEMTYPE_PNIOAPI	---
45	TREEITEMTYPE_PNIOMOD	---
46	TREEITEMTYPE_PNIOSUBMOD	---
47	TREEITEMTYPE_ETHERNETPROTOCOL	---
200	TREEITEMTYPE_CAMDEF	---
201	TREEITEMTYPE_CAMGROUP	---
202	TREEITEMTYPE_CAM	---
203	TREEITEMTYPE_CAMENCODER	---
204	TREEITEMTYPE_CAMTOOLGRP	---
205	TREEITEMTYPE_CAMTOOL	---
300	TREEITEMTYPE_LINEDEF	---
400	TREEITEMTYPE_ISGDEF	---
401	TREEITEMTYPE_ISGCHANNEL	---
402	TREEITEMTYPE_ISGAGROUP	---
403	TREEITEMTYPE_ISGAXIS	---
500	TREEITEMTYPE_RTSCONFIG	---
501	TREEITEMTYPE_RTSAPP	---
502	TREEITEMTYPE_RTSAPPTASK	---
503	TREEITEMTYPE_RTSADI	---
504	TREEITEMTYPE_CPPCONFIG	---
505	TREEITEMTYPE_SPLCCONFIG	---

I/O item types

Item type	Tag	Description
2	TREEITEMTYPE_DEVICE	I/O Device
3	TREEITEMTYPE_IMAGE	Process Image
4	TREEITEMTYPE_MAPPING	---
5	TREEITEMTYPE_BOX	I/O Box (e.g. "BK2000", child of I/O Devices)
6	TREEITEMTYPE_TERM	I/O Terminal (child of terminal couplers (box))
7	TREEITEMTYPE_VAR	Variable
8	TREEITEMTYPE_VARGRP	Variable Group (e.g. "Inputs")
35	TREEITEMTYPE_NVPUBLISHERVAR	---
36	TREEITEMTYPE_NVSUBSCRIBERVAR	---

PLC item types

Item type	Tag	Description
600	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCAPP	PLC application (root PLC object) ¹
601	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCFOLDER	PLC folder ¹
602	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPOUPROG	POU Program ¹
603	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPOUFUNC	POU Function ¹
604	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPOUFB	POU Function Block ¹
605	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCDUTENUM	DUT enum data type ¹
606	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCDUTSTRUCT	DUT struct data type ¹
607	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCDUTUNION	DUT union data type ¹
608	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCACTION	PLC action ¹
609	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCMETHOD	PLC method ¹
610	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCITFMETH	PLC interface method ¹
611	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPROP	PLC property ¹
612	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCITFPROP	PLC interface property ¹
613	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPROPGET	PLC property getter ¹
614	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPROPSET	PLC property setter ¹
615	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCGVL	GVL (Global variable list) ¹
616	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCTRANS	PLC Transition ¹
617	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCLIBMAN	PLC library manager ¹
618	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCITF	PLC interface ¹
619	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCVISOBJ	PLC visual object ¹
620	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCVISMAN	PLC visual manager ¹
621	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCTASK	PLC task object ¹
622	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCPROGREF	PLC program reference ¹
623	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCDUTALIAS	DUT Alias
624	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCEXTDATATYPECONT	PLC external data type container ¹
625	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCTMCDESCRIPTION	PLC TMC description file ¹
654	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCITFPROPGET	PLC interface property getter
655	TREEITEMTYPE_PLCITFPROPSET	PLC interface property setter

NC item types

Item type	Tag	Description
19	TREEITEMTYPE_NCDEF	---
20	TREEITEMTYPE_NCAXISES	---
21	TREEITEMTYPE_NCCHANNEL	NC Channel
22	TREEITEMTYPE_NCAXIS	NC Axis
23	TREEITEMTYPE_NCENCODER	---
24	TREEITEMTYPE_NCDRIVE	---
25	TREEITEMTYPE_NCCONTROLLER	---
26	TREEITEMTYPE_NCGROUP	---
27	TREEITEMTYPE_NCINTERPRETER	---
40	TREEITEMTYPE_NCTABLEGRP	---
41	TREEITEMTYPE_NCTABLE	---
42	TREEITEMTYPE_NCTABLESLAVE	---

Requirements

Notes
¹	requires TwinCAT 3.1