Point Import input file

By default, the Point Import application reads data from .CSV files placed in the %DNADataRoot%\RealTime\Temp\CustomApps\ptdata folder. Each file must take the following format:

<PointType>,<InputCoordinates>,<Value>

Important: Spaces are not allowed before "PointType" and between "PointType" and "InputCoordinates". Spaces are permissible between "InputCoordinates" and "Value".

Example

A,XML_analog_1_F_110, 100

,XML_analog_1_2_F_110, 12.34

,XML_status_1_F_110, 1

S,XML_status_2_F_110, 0

R,XML_rate_1_F_110, 10

R,XML_rate_2_F_110, 20.35

Notes

• Ensure that the point input coordinates configured through the Input tab in the Row Edit dialog box for analog, status, and/or rate points, and the Bit Format or Enumerated Input dialog box for multistate points, match the input coordinates in the input file.

• Input coordinates should be unique across data types. Otherwise, in the following example, all three points will end up with a value of 0:

  A,ABC, 100

  R,ABC, 10

  S,ABC, 0

• Ensure that you configure analog and rate points in the Advanced Database Editor (ADE) with a point type of float, and that the following formats are supported:

  • Decimal (for example, 2.5)

  • Whole number (for example, 0, 10)

  • Integer (for example, -1)

  • Exponential (for example, 1e5)

    Note: Fractions (for example, 1/2) are not supported.

• If a rate point has both a pulse and analog input, specify each of them as a separate record in the input file. Likewise, if a status point has two input bits, specify each of them as a separate record.

• Array data is not supported.

• Sending a control to an xmlproto point is not supported.