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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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Opening the Import PLC Tags dialog box

To open the Import PLC Tags dialog box, use one of these methods:

In the Tags editor, click the DB Browser button on the toolbar, or from the Edit menu,
select Other Databases.

In the Tag Browser, right-click a blank area of the Contents pane, and then select
Import PLC Tags.

You can import tags from any of these databases:

Legacy PLC databases, created using WINtelligent LOGIC 5 or A.I. 5, with file
extension .dsc

RSLogix 5/500, saved as an external database, with file extension .ctd

RSLogix 5 internal database, with file extension .rsp

RSLogix 500 internal database, with file extension .rss

For PLC and SLC addresses, the Import PLC Tags dialog box shows only addresses that
are used in the symbol or address list of the PLC programming software.

For details about options in the Import PLC Tags dialog box, click Help.

DB Browser
button in the
Tags editor

Use the filter to
search for a
particular tag or
set of tags.

You cannot use
wildcards, or filter
beyond a slash.
For example, a
filter containing
B3/1 will not show
B3/10, B3/11,
and so on.