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Building Technologies MM8000 OPC Connectivity Configuration Guide
Fire Safety & Security Products 06.2007
– Importing a CSV file, which includes the basic information of all items (recom-
mended)
– Browsing in the Server address space (assuming the Server can support this
optional feature) and selecting the required items
– Entering the OPC items manually
Configuring the OPC items: option 1, importing a CSV file
Using the OPC server software tools and/or office applications, you need to gener-
ate a CSV file that contains the OPC items to handle.
To import the file:
– Select the link node and then the menu: Tools  Import (Fig 7)
Fig 7 Start importing OPC items in CSV data
– In the file browsing window that appears, select the CSV file to import and click
‘Open’
– When the Import Wizard page shows up, press Next.
– In the first page you can set the data separator character (typically comma or
semicolon) and the starting line (1 or possibly 2 if a title row is present)
Fig 8 Step 1 of Import Wizard: separation character and starting line
– Next, you can identify the columns to import in the file. Three types of informa-
tion can be imported; namely:
 Full Tag Name, i.e. the OPC item identifier (mandatory)
 A description text associated to the OPC item (optional, but recommended)