ISPSoft User Manual

Chapter 6 Symbols
*. Before the initial values are downloaded, users have to make sure that ISPSoft is connected to the PLC normally.
Please refer to section 2.4 for more information about communication setting.
6.2.7 Exporting a Symbol Table
The symbols created in a project can be exported as a CSV file. The data which is exported can be
edited and managed through Microsoft Excel.
If users want to export a symbol table, they can right-click the symbol table, and click Export Global
Symbol or Export Local Symbol on the context menu.
The users can also export the global symbol table in a project through the toolbar or the project
management area. However, if there is a group of projects in ISPSoft, the users can only export the
global symbol table in the project which is being edited presently.
After users click the Tools menu, point to Export, and click Global Symbols…, the global symbol
table in the project which being edited presently will be exported. The users can also export the
global symbol table in the project which is being edited presently by right-clicking the project in the
project management area, pointing to Export, and clicking Global Symbols….
6.2.8 Importing a Symbol Table
If users want to create symbols, they can add the symbols to a symbol table. If the users want to
create a large number of symbols easily, they can export a symbol table as a CSV file, edit the CSV
file through Microsoft Excel, and import the new CSV file into ISPSoft.
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