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Click View > Tag Editor to open the Tag Editor pane.

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The Tag Editor can be undocked by dragging the pane's header for a more detailed view of the tags. The Tags, Type, Device, Address, Initial Value, Persistent, and Description columns are displayed in this detailed view.

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Tag Editor Pane

Item

Icon

Description

New Tag

There are two methods to create a new tag:

  1. Click the icon in the Tag Editor pane.

  2. Right-click the tag list and click New Tag on the submenu.

New Tag Group

There are two methods to create a new tag group:

  1. Click the icon in the Tag Editor pane.

  2. Right-click the tag list and click New Tag Group on the submenu.

Edit Tag

There are three methods to edit a tag:

  1. Select a tag and then click the icon in the Tag Editor pane.

  2. Double-click a tag in the tag list to edit it.

  3. Right-click the tag and click Edit Tag on the submenu.

Rename

N/A

Right-click the tag/tag group to and click Rename on the submenu.

Cut

There are two methods to cut a tag/tag group:

  1. Right-click the tag list and click Cut on the submenu.

  2. Click on the tag/tag group and use the hotkey [Ctrl]+[X].

Copy


There are three methods to cut a tag/tag group:

  1. Select a tag/tag group and then click the icon in the Tag Editor pane.

  2. Right-click the tag list and click Copy on the submenu.

  3. Click on the tag/tag group and use the hotkey [Ctrl]+[C].

After copying, move to the destination, click the Paste icon, right-click and click Paste from the submenu or press the Ctrl+V keys to paste.

Paste

There are three methods to paste a tag/tag group:

  1. Select a destination and then click the icon in the Tag Editor pane.

  2. Right-click the tag list and click Paste on the submenu.

  3. Click on the destination and use the hotkey [Ctrl]+[V].

Delete

N/A

There are two methods for deleting a tag:

  1. Right-click the tag/tag group and click Delete on the submenu.

  2. Select the tag/tag group and use the hotkey [Del] or [Delete].

When creating a tag, use a name that follows the criteria listed below:

  • The following special characters are not allowed: $, #, +, /, ?, ., {, }, [, ].

  • Tags are not case-sensitive (i.e. dig and DIG will give a duplicate name error).

  • The user cannot use the same tag name more than once in the same tag group. However, tags may use the same name if they are in different tag groups.

Tag Group

If the user has too many tags in a single pane, finding and managing individual tags may be challenging. Tag groups allow the user to organize tags based on category, with a tree structure for subordinate tags. The grouped tags are displayed and managed in the Tag Editor pane.

Select the New Tag Group icon in the Tag Editor window to create a tag group. After pressing the icon, a text field will open in the Tag Editor window where a name for the tag group can be assigned.

Edit Tag

When creating a new tag or editing an existing tag, the Edit Tag pop-up window will appear on the screen. This window has two main tabs: the General tab, which contains pertinent data for all tag types, and the Advanced tab, which contains type-specific data for the tag.

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Item

Description

Tag Name

Input the desired tag name

Path

Outlines the group path of the tag

Type

Allows the user to select from 12 possible data types. The available fields in the advanced options tab will change based on the selected data type.

I/O Device

For remote tags, select the external device to associate the tag with. The user can check the name of external devices by clicking Tools > I/O Device Editor.

For shared tags, a Data Server must be set up to allow communication with these tags.

I/O Address

Enter the external device address to associate the tag with. The user must enter the address using the device’s addressing method. For example, for a CIMON PLC, valid bit addresses include “X00”, “Y1E”, etc. This field is enabled only when an I/O device is selected.

Persistent

When this option is true, the last state of the tag is stored when the project is closed. When the user executes the project again, the tag values will be reloaded.

Value Changed

With this option enabled, a user-defined script or action list will be performed when the tag value changes.

Quality Changed

With this option enabled, a user-defined script or action list will be performed when the quality of the tag changes. In this case, quality refers to the communications status of the tag.

Available Tag Types

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BOOL Type

BOOL tags represent ON/OFF status, zero or one, True or False, or other values with only two possible states. Within Canvas, binary values are stored and represented as either zero or one. If a boolean tag is tied to a device address with more than one bit, then any value other than one will be treated as a one. This type of selection does not carry any additional options in the Advanced tab of the Edit Tag pop-up window.

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