How can we import CP400 soft backup into panel builder 600 ?

I hv CP400 soft backup which was using at CP450 .now we replaced CP450 into CP651 and using panel builder 600.
So how can we import or convert CP400 soft backup into panel builder 600 to download into Cp651.

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vikash348 Rank: 268

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Hi,
Unfortunately, I think there is no converting tool for direct transfer of application from CP400 to CP600 panels. You can try to export the tags from CP400 and import them to CP600, but the rest I think have to be done manually

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by vikash348 Rank: 268 on 7/8/2018 10:14:17 PM | Like (0) | Report

Tag are also not importing

by kstoilov AKS expert

Rank: 5 on 7/9/2018 12:57:43 AM | Like (0) | Report

Hi,
I suppose you have a project, crated with CP400Soft ver. 1.x.xx.
Go Tool-> Cross Reference. There you can see all the objects, connected to tags. Tag name is in format %MW1000.0 and %MX0.0.
After that, in Application-> Tag table, there is a naming of physical tags. So you can put a name for each %%MW1000.0.... This list at the end could be imported in .csv file,
But almost all the work is manual, using Excel. Exported file have to be transferred in .csv format, supported by CP600 import.
I could recommend manual transfer - use cross reference and create manually a new tag list, using Excel .csv format for CP600

by vikash348 Rank: 268 on 7/11/2018 11:21:07 PM | Like (0) | Report

actually CP400 soft exported file is .CSV but in CP600 for ABB Modbus TCP protocol it tag file is like .exp type.
actually we are using AC500 (PM8xx) as a PLC controller

by kstoilov AKS expert

Rank: 5 on 7/13/2018 1:40:13 AM | Like (0) | Report

Yes, but I think you can open .exp file using Excel. Then manually transfer the tags from CP400 .csv file in the new .exp file for CP600. It might need to use some excel formulas to do that, but for sure save the file keeping the existing format, and not excel format. It is a little bit tricky but could help if you have a large number of tags.
In case of small number of tags, then it is easier to do that manually directly in CP600. It probably takes not more than one hour

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