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Fields in from/to & plc I/O reports

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kghew1
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Fields in from/to & plc I/O reports

Can anyone please explain to me why...

 

I can happily get values out of DESCAnn - DESCEnn into a 'PLC I/O Component Connection' report,

whereas in a 'From / To' report, although the I/O block & its wiring are still there,

along with the column titles for the DESCAnn - DESCEnn fields - there are now no values in these five fields

 

Also, why do AE attribute names come out as something different in the available fields list for a given report type - e.g. TERMDESCnn suddenly becomes PD1 or PD2, depending on which end of the wire it's at. Does this 'feature' actually have any useful purpose ? More to the point, is there some sort of mapping list somewhere ?

 

All suggestions gratefully received

 

Keith H

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Message 2 of 5
lionSG
in reply to: kghew1

Hi Keith,

 

For your last question, you can look under HELP contents in Reports>Generate reports>

There shows a list of available fields to select:

 

Available Fields

WIRENO

 Wire number

 

LOC1

"From" device's location code (must end with "1")

 

CMP1

"From" device's component tag ID (must end with "1")

 

PIN1

 "From" device's wire connection terminal number (must end with "1")

 

LOC2

 "To" device's location code (must end with "2")

 

CMP2

 "To" device's component tag ID (must end with "2")

 

PIN2

 "To" device's wire connection terminal number (must end with "2")

 

WLAY1

 Wire layer "From" device (must end with "1")

 

WLAY2

 Wire layer "To" device (must end with "2")

 

REF1

 Line or grid reference location for "From" device (must end with "1")

 

REF2

 Line or grid reference location for "To" device (must end with "2")

 

SH1

 Sheet assignment for "From" device (must end with "1")

 

SH2

 Sheet assignment for "To" device (must end with "2")

 

CBL

 Cable tag

 

CBLWC

 Cable wire or cable core color

 

CBLLOC

 Cable location attribute value

 

CBLMFG

 Cable manufacturer attribute value

 

CBLCAT

 Cable catalog part number

 

CBLASMB

 Cable ASSYCODE assignment

 

DESC1CBL-DESC3CBL

 Cable description attribute values 1 - 3

 

CBLP1C2

 Cable parent or child (parent = 1, child = 2)

 

CMP:PIN1

 "From" device's component tag and component terminal pin number

 

CMP:PIN2

 "To" device's component tag and component terminal pin number

 

SEC1

 "From" device's drawing section assignment (must end with "1")

 

SUB1

 "From" device's drawing sub-section assignment (must end with "1")

 

SEC2

 "To" device's drawing section assignment (must end with "2")

 

SUB2

 "To" device's drawing sub-section assignment (must end with "2")

 

INST1

 "From" device's installation code (must end with "1")

 

INST2

 "To" device's installation code (must end with "2")

 

IECCMP1

 "From" device's IEC tag name (must end with "1")

 

IECCMP2

 "To" device's IEC tag name (must end with "2")

 

PD1

 "From" device's wire connection TERMDESC value (must end with "1")

 

PD2

 "To" device's wire connection TERMDESC value (must end with "2")

 

SEQ1

 "From" device's wire connection sequence value (must end with "1")

 

SEQ2

 "To" device's wire connection sequence value (must end with "2")

 

PNLWDLEV1

 "From" device's panel equivalent panel (WDLEV) value (must end with "1")

 

PNLWDLEV2

 "To" device's panel equivalent panel (WDLEV) value (must end with "2")

 

CMPHDL1

 "From" device's entity handle value (must end with "1")

 

CMPHDL2

 "To" device's entity handle value (must end with "2")

 

DWGIX1

 "From" device's drawing DWGIX value as listed in FILETIME table of project scratch database (must end with "1")

 

DWGIX2

 "To" device's drawing DWGIX value as listed in FILETIME table of project scratch database (must end with "2")

 

DWGNAM1

 "From" device's drawing %D value (must end with "1")

 

DWGNAM2

 "To" device's drawing %D value (must end with "2")

 

CBLHDL

 Cable entity's handle value

 

CBLINST

 Cable entity's installation attribute value

 

CBLDWGIX

 Cable's drawing DWGIX value as listed in FILETIME table of project scratch database

 

WIREHDL1

 "From" device's connected wire line entity handle value (must end with "1")

 

WIREHDL2

 "To" device's connected wire line entity handle value (must end with "2")

 

XDIR1

 "From" device's wire connection point direction - i.e. 4 = connects from left (must end with "1")

 

XDIR2

 "To" device's wire connection point direction - i.e. 2 = connects from above (must end with "2")

 

PNLX1

 "From" wire connection's physical X-coordinate value (must end with "1")

 

PNLY1

 "From" wire connection's physical Y-coordinate value (must end with "1")

 

PNLZ1

 "From" wire connection's physical Z-coordinate value (must end with "1")

 

PNLXDIR1

 Panel wire "From" connection point's direction - i.e. 4 = connects from left, 1 = right, 2 = above, 8 = below (must end with "1")

 

PNLX2

 "To" wire connection's physical X-coordinate value (must end with "2")

 

PNLY2

 "To" wire connection's physical Y-coordinate value (must end with "2")

 

PNLZ2

 "To" wire connection's physical Z-coordinate value (must end with "2")

 

PNLXDIR2

 Panel wire "To" connection point's direction - i.e. 4 = connects from left, 1 = right, 2 = above, 8 = below (must end with "2")

 

CLEN

 Panel layout calculated wire length

 

USER1_1 to USER20_1

 "From" device's optional user field

 

USER1_2 to USER20_2

 "To" device's optional user field

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Message 3 of 5
kghew1
in reply to: kghew1

Thanks for that - got this one already. The 'mapping' question applies more to attributes not covered - especially those which change name dependent on destination, e.g. DESCAnn comes out as DESCAnn in one type of report & PLCDESCAnn in another.

 

Our basic problem revolves around a wish to get certain attributes out in other report types. We need some 'device terminal-related' attributes in non-PLC symbols, in addition to the normal TERMDESCnn. DESCAnn - DESCEnn would fit the bill nicely, if they weren't apparently restricted to only working in PLCIO symbols and only passing on values in PLC-related reports.

 

Keith H

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jmterlap
in reply to: lionSG

lionSG,

Any idea if the CLEN field can be added into the Cable Markers components so the user can enter the length when the cable marker and part information is added?

 

Thanks.

Message 5 of 5
lionSG
in reply to: jmterlap

Not sure if that is possible without customization such as adding a new length attribute to the cable marker.

But you can add the CLEN calculated length field in some schematic reports and and use edit mode to enter the lengths values which I think is not what you are looking for.

  

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