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Exporting the controller file
1. From the File menu, choose Save As.
2. Click on the down arrow next to the Save As Type field and click on RSLogix 5000 Import/Export
File (*.L5K) to change the file format to an Export format.
3. Note the directory you are saving the controller file to and click on Save to export the controller file.
Reviewing the Export File Format
1. Open Windows NT Explorer and navigate to the directory to which you exported the controller file.
2. Use NotePad to open the ImportExport.L5K export file.
Notice the first few lines tell you what version of RSLogix 5000 exported this file, who the owner is, and
when it was exported.
The second section lists the Controller Name (ImportExport in this case), the Time Slice, and the
Communications path.
The next section deals with Modules. Notice that each module configured in our controller file is listed.
The name identifies the module; other attributes such as the catalog number and the major and minor
revision are listed and easy to read.
3. Scroll down in the Export file until you see the section labeled Tag as shown below. Under this
section, notice that all of the tags you created in the controller file and their values are listed.
4. Change the values in the IntArray to [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9].
5. Change the Preset of myCounter to 100 by changing the value field to [0,100,0].
6. From the File menu in Notepad, choose Save to save your changes.
7. Scroll through the remainder of the file.
Notice the program and routine configuration.
8. From the File menu, choose Exit to close the file and Notepad.
Importing the Changed Export File
1. From the File menu in RSLogix 5000, choose Open.
2. Click on ImportExport.L5K and then click on Open.
3. In the File name field, type 'myInitials_ImportExport.ACD' (e.g., PYL_ImportExport.ACD).
4. Click on Import to import the file.
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