Automatic Tag Creation in Logix5000

[Benjamin 0]

I have 10 ladders that are a duplicate of the 1st one with the only difference being the tag names. I've done a search and replace on the tags for the other 9 ladders and I was wondering if there is a way to have Logix5000 automatically create the tags with the default data type without me having to right click and create new? Thanks for your help.

[Ken Roach 194]

An easier way to do this would have been to perform a Routine Export, do the search/replace offline in an XML or text editor, then perform a Routine Import. That process creates tags and checks for conflicts. The feature was added to RSLogix 5000 in version 17. If you've just done copy-paste, then you're going to have to spend some time right-clicking. You could probably speed the process up with Auto-Hotkey.

[Benjamin 0]

I took your suggestion in exporting and importing and it worked perfectly. Thank you for your help, it saved quite a bit of time.

[JRoss 84]

Export/Import is the way to go. Just a general note, however, that the key combination ctrl-W is a shortcut to the "New Tag" context menu selection (i.e. Ken's right-clicking). In other words, it opens a dialog to create a new tag. If you have an undefined tag highlighted when you use the shortcut, it auto-populates the tag name with the undefined tag and the tag type with a default based on the instruction.

[ScottyH 0]

I do not see Export / Import of Routines. I know I can cut and paste or (Drag and drop) Routines with 2 applications of RS5000 running. Where is Export? My mistake. I am in the middle of a project where I am using Version 16 and Version 20. the Export did not happen until Version 17. I see it now. Edited 14 Feb 2013 by ScottyH