Importing and exporting data points

Data points from an S7 Controller can be exchanged with other systems via an import/export mechanism or imported from there. The corresponding function is available in the tabs Read/Write Variables from the S7 request object in the process image.

Importing and exporting data points 1:

A semi-colon separated list is used as a data exchange format. A sample, matching the screenshot above, is provided below:

by1;BYTE;DATA_BLOCKS;0;0;1
b1;BOOL;DATA_BLOCKS;1;0;1
b2;BOOL;DATA_BLOCKS;1;1;1
b3;BOOL;DATA_BLOCKS;1;2;1
b4;BOOL;DATA_BLOCKS;1;3;1
w1;DWORD;DATA_BLOCKS;2;0;1
r1;REAL;DATA_BLOCKS;6;0;1
r2;REAL;DATA_BLOCKS;10;0;1
i1;INT;DATA_BLOCKS;14;0;1