My first kick at the can was to open the default axc-f-2152 project
I then went into IEC 61131-3 and in the Data List I did export to CSV
I then also exported the variable list in my existing application to CSV and then massaged the existing variables to conform to the PLCnext CSV format
I then imported that CSV into Data List and miraculously there were no errors
I was actually shocked…
One detail on which I am not clear are arrays - I see no mechanism in the data list to declare the dimension of arrays or strings
The Horner IEC 61131platform allows the variables to be untagged or to be tagged to specific registers. I don’t yet know if this is correct: I noticed in the existing CSV export places where there were entries in the „Offset“ column and I noticed that the numbering appeared to correspond to bytes since some unsigned32 entries incremented by 4
In the Horner-land the registers are 16 bits and hence I simply doubled the existing register tags
I now see that there is a variables tab beside the Code tab where I am entering the Code modules
When clicking on „Enter variable name here“ it appears that the Data List entries appears there
So I am wondering what the scoop is on that ?
I would have assumed that the Variables Tab would be local variables to that code module… When a new local variable is created, is it also added to the Data List ?
I hadn’t yet tackled the importation of all the local variables …
So I am guessing I can create an additional properly formatted local variable CSV file and import them… Alas, that would be wrong, It appears that Local variables do not appear in Data List… and there appears to be no way to import local variables from CSV