Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Tags and the Project Database
Using the Object Finder to select integrated tags
After you have added a tag integration source to your project, the tags from that source can be viewed and
selected in the Object Finder like any other project tags.
The integrated tags are listed in the Object Finder tree-view under Devices, with each device being a tag
integration source that you added. The names of the devices are those that you specified when you added
them.
Devices are shown with three possible icons:
Browsing integrated tags in the Object Finder
Icon
Description
Device tag information was extracted from a symbol file and then cached.
Device tag information is currently being received from a connected device.
Connection to device has failed. Tag information might not be up-to-date.
The folder structure for each device is determined by the PLC or source project, and the individual tags are
listed to the right.
Note: IWS does not support pointer variables from devices. They will be shown in the Object Finder
with the rest of the device tags, but they will be marked with a red X icon to indicate that they
cannot be used.
To refresh the device tag information — either by rereading the symbol file or by trying to reconnect to the
device — click Refresh Devices on the right side of the window. All configured devices will be refreshed at the
same time.
Changes in the device tag information might break tag references in your project. To find broken tag
references, verify your project: on the Home tab of the ribbon, click Verify.
How integrated tags may be renamed in your project
When IWS integrates tags from third-party devices and software, it cannot directly transcribe the tag names.
Some changes are made to improve tag management and to adhere to the local tag name syntax.
Tip: The full, original name of an integrated tag can always be retrieved by referencing the
DeviceTag property on the tag. For example, tagname->DeviceTag.
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