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Datapoint type _AsciiConfig

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Datapoint type _AsciiConfig

In order to save various configurations, datapoints of the _AsciiConfig type are created. The name of the configuration that can be adjusted in the panel does not correspond to the name of the datapoint, which is automatically generated.

_AsciiConfig datapoint type — Figure 1. _AsciiConfig datapoint type

Description of the datapoint elements


Datapoint element	Meaning
ASCII_Datei	The path and file name of the output file are saved in this sheet.
OutFilter.DPTypen	Filter T (output of all datapoint types)
OutFilter.DP	Filter D (output of all datapoints)
OutFilter.Alias	Filter A (output of all aliases and comments)
OutFilter.Originalwerte	Filter O (output of all original values)
OutFilter.Parametrierung	Filter P (output of all configurations)
OutFilter.Historisch	Filter PH (in addition to configurations, outputs history values of alert handlings and alert classes)
Outfilter.Typreferenzen	Filter + Type references (output of referenced data points)
Outfilter.PwrConfEinst	Filter + Pwr.Conf.Settgs. (output of power config settings)
Outfilter.CNS	Filter C (output of CNS nodes)
Outfilter.LinkedDps	Filter + Linked DPs (output of datapoints linked to CNS nodes)
InFilter.yes	If the ASCII Manager is used to input ASCII files that modify existing datapoint types, it is necessary to confirm these modifications interactively during import. Whether or not these messages are automatically confirmed is stored in this datapoint sheet.
InFilter.inactivate	Specifies alarm handling in this configuration.
Lokalzeit	Specifies whether data are input or output in local time format.
Sprachen.Mehrsprachig	Used to output multilingual projects
Sprachen.Sprachen	All languages in the configuration to be saved are stored here.
DP	A list of all datapoints to be output.
DPTypen	All desired datapoint types are stored in this data sheet.
Name	Name of configuration
Younger.Younger	Specifies whether the "start export from (time)" option was set
Younger.Time	Defines from which time the export is started from.
Config	All DP configs output with this configuration are stored in this element.
outputVersion	The option for the export is stored in this element. The following options are available: 0 - Regular export 1 - Multi language export (Format 2) 2 - PowerConfig output 1 DP/line (Format 3) 3 - PowerConfig output 1 DPE/line (Format 4)
CNSPaths	The paths of all CNS nodes defined for the export are stored here.
CNSViews	Currently not in use