This application note covers the basic use of CSV Importing and Exporting in RSLogix 500 and how

to make modifications in Microsoft Excel. EXPORTING TO CSV IN RSLOGIX 500 1) In RSLogix 500 open the project file with documentation and do the following to export the documentation into CSV format

2) Click on the CSV tab as show (you can either accept the defaults or change the name if required) and then OK.

3) By default, RSLogix 500 will place the exported CSV file into the directory defined for the project file (You could always change this by selecting the Directory, Drives, or Network), Click OK to start the export.

4) When the export is finished, the following screen will display the results of the export process. Click on the OK to discard the message or Save To File to record the contents of the log file. 5) Exporting to a CSV file format is complete.

OPENING, MODIFYING, AND SAVING A CSV FILE WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL 1) To open a CSV file with Microsoft Excel, do the following:

2) Navigate to the directory where the CSV file exists (usually it is in C:\Program Files\Rockwell Software\RSLogix 500 English\Project, unless it was saved to a different path). 3) Change the Files of type option to Text Files 4) Highlight the File Name, and click Open.

5) The following display shows the default layout of the exported RSLogix 500 CSV file.

6) Making changes to the database can easily be done. Click on any cell to Modify, Add, or Delete.

7) To save any changes made to the file, do the following.

8) The save as dialogue box will display the current File Name with a Save as type as CSV (Comma delimited) 9) To save the file with the current name select save.

10) The following dialogue box confirms that changes were made to the current file and the original CSV file will be replaced. 11) Select YES within the dialogue box.

12) Excel will return to the modified CSV file, verify that changes were made to this CSV file by locating a cell that was changed. 13) Next close Microsoft Excel by doing the following.

14) When the next dialogue box appears, select NO, the file was previously saved to an CSV file format. There is no need to convert this file into an Microsoft Excel 97 format, and then back to an CSV file. 15) Microsoft Excel will terminate after select NO.

IMPORTING FROM CSV IN RSLOGIX 500 1) In RSLogix 500 open the project file and do the following to import the documentation from a CSV format NOTE: If documentation currently exists within the project, the import will overwrite the current database. To start an import with no documentation database, perform a Delete DB, before the import the CSV file.

2) On the ASCII Import Directives dialogue box, click on CSV

3) By default, RSLogix 500 will look for the CSV file into the directory defined for the project file (You could always change this by selecting the Directory, Drives, or Network), Click on the File Name for the CSV file and then on OPEN to start the import.

4) The following screen will show the current status of the import.

5) When the import is finished, the following screen will display the results of the import process. Click on the OK to discard the message or Save To File to record the contents of the log file.

6) The RSLogix 500 Project file will now have the documentation. Simply save the project keep the current changes.