Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 107)

7 • Use HMI tags
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Import tags from a PLC database
Use the Import PLC Tags dialog box to selectively import tags from a PLC or other
database into your application’s HMI tag database. Tags imported in this way are copied
into the database—they are not shared with the source database. This means changes to
tags in your application do not affect the database from which they have been imported,
and vice versa.
You can import tags from any of these databases:
 RSLogix 500 internal database, with file extension .rss
 RSLogix 5 internal database, with file extension .rsp
 RSLogix 5 or RSLogix 500, saved as an external database, with file extension .ctd
(before importing, explicitly export to the .ctd format to be sure of including the latest
changes)
 Legacy PLC databases, created using WINtelligent LOGIC 5 or A.I. 5, with file
extension .dsc
For PLC and SLC addresses, the Import PLC Tags dialog box shows only addresses that
are used in the symbol or address list of the PLC programming software.