Inputting attributes
The options P and O are used to read the configurations and original values from the database. The reverse process is accomplished by using ASCII files as follows:
| ElementName | TypeName | DetailNo | original.._value |
| Station_1.fault | Station | 1 |
Such a table begins with the keyword ElementName followed by a column headed TypeName. The column DetailNo can be omitted. An empty entry in this column corresponds to Detail 0 (no explicit detail). Every other column is headed with the attribute label. The element name and attribute label are generally strung together to specify the actual attribute name. It does not matter how many elements of the element name are specified in the column ElementName or how many attribute columns are specified. The following ASCII file is thus input correctly:
| ElementName | TypeName | DetailNo | Fault:original.._value |
| Station_1. | Station | 1 |
EXAMPLE
| Element Name | Type Name | DetailNo | _u_range .._type | _u_range .._neg | _u_range .._min | _u_range .._max | _u_range .._incl_min | _u_range.. _incl_max |
| Station_3. Temperatures. Temp_2 | Station | 9 | ||||||
| Station_3. Temperatures. Temp_2 | Station | 1 | 4 | 0 | -30 | 120 | 1 | 1 |
This ASCII file appends the config user range to the data point element Station3.Temperatures.Temp2 and configures it.
The following also applies:
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Columns without headers are not input.
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Columns with headers commented out with # are not input.
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Empty configs (without an attribute value) of the data type dyn_* are not input, except of the original value (_original.._value).
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The first column with the information about the user and manager (name and number) which were responsible for a config modification are not input. ASCII files which were exported with a WinCC OA < 3.11 do not contain this information, however, they can be imported to versions >= 3.11 without any problems.
Thus, this ASCII file has the following function:
| ElementName | TypeName | DetailNo | #original.._value | |
| Station1.fault | Station | 88 | 1 |
If you input driver configs with the ASCII Manager, the driver (or a SIM) must run with the number specified by the distributor config otherwise the configs are neither input nor stored in the database.
