Copy and paste in the Controller Organizer

Copying and pasting an item in the
Controller Organizer
 has these effects:
  • It creates a duplicate (new copy) of the item in the
    Controller Organizer
    .
  • If the pasted item is a program, pasting the item in the
    Controller Organizer
     also displays the duplicate (new copy) of the program in the
    Logical Organizer
    .
  • If the pasted program has descendants (defined in the
    Logical Organizer
    ), the descendant programs are not copied.
You can use the
Copy
 and
Paste
 commands to create duplicates of the following
Controller Organizer
 items:
  • Tasks
  • Programs
  • Routines
  • Motion Group Axes
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Add-On Instructions
  • User-Defined Data Types
  • Strings
  • Trends
  • Some modules, including Motion Modules and Drive Modules
    • An integer is added to the item name to uniquely identify it. For example, if you make copies of
      Prog001
      , the copies are named
      Prog0011
      ,
      Prog0012
      ,
      Prog0013
      , and so on.
    • Program names must be unique within a project file.
    • Routines are renamed if there is a conflict with the name of an existing routine under the target program or phase.
    • If you copy items to a different project in a different copy of the
      Logix Designer
       application, the items are renamed only if there is a conflict with the name of existing items in the different project.
    • If you are cutting and pasting an Add-On Instruction between two different projects, and an Add-On Instruction with the same name but different content exists, a dialog box appears so you can rename the pasted Add-On Instruction.
    TIP: if FactoryTalk Security is enabled, FactoryTalk Security permissions are required to create and delete items in the
    Controller Organizer
     and the
    Logical Organizer
    .
When you copy an item:
You can select multiple items to copy. The copy operation proceeds if at least one item is legal to copy (only the legal items are copied). An error message is logged if one or more of the selected items cannot be copied. If none of the selected items can be copied, the NOT cursor appears when you hover over the target.
Copy and paste restrictions:
  • The paste operation is an offline-only operation for most
    Controller Organizer
    items. When online, you can only paste User-Defined and String Data Types.
  • You cannot paste a Safety program into a standard task, or vice versa.
  • You cannot paste a Safety item when in Safety Lock. If you select multiple items, and any of them is a Safety item, you cannot paste any of the selected items in Safety Lock.
  • You cannot paste items if the controller is in Hard Run mode or has a major fault.
  • You cannot paste a program if doing so would exceed the limit of 1000 child programs at the target item, or if it would exceed the limit of 1000 programs scheduled under a task.
  • You cannot copy an axis or a Coordinate System that is managed. When an axis or Coordinate System is associated to a robot, it might be managed, meaning some parameters are not configurable depending on the robot type. Refer to the specific robot documentation for a list of configurable parameters.
Be aware of the following items when copying and pasting in the
Controller Organizer
:
  • A copied item can be pasted only into a tree branch where a new item of the same type can be created.
  • Because a single project can support only one Motion Group, a Motion Group can be copied from one project and pasted into another project, but not into the same project.
  • When you paste a copied SERVO_DRIVE axis, the property values for the
    Associated Module
     (
    General
    tab),
    Amplifier Catalog Number
     (
    Drive/Motor
     tab), and
    Motor Catalog Number
     (
    Drive/Motor
     tab) are not copied.
  • When you paste a copied SERVO axis, the property values for the
    Associated Module
     (
    General
    tab) are not copied.
  • When you paste a copied 1394C-SJT drive module or 1756-M02AE motion module, the new module is automatically assigned the lowest available node or slot number.
  • When you paste a copied 1394C-SJT drive module or 1756-M02AE motion module that is associated with one or more axes, the new module will not retain the original module's axes association because an axis can be associated with only a single module.
To copy and paste items in the Controller Organizer:
  1. Right-click the item you want to copy and choose
    Copy
    .
  2. Right-click the target item and choose
    Paste
    .
You can copy items from the
Controller Organizer
 to a different project in a different copy of the
Logix Designer
 application. You can quickly build new projects by copying from a library project or from a similar project. You can copy an item from the
Controller Organizer
 to the
Controller Organizer
 or the
Logical Organizer
 in the different project.
When you paste the item on a target in the different project, a copy of the pasted item appears under the target.
IMPORTANT:
Use caution when copying and pasting components between different versions of the application. The application supports pasting only to the same version or newer version of the application. Pasting to a prior version of the application is not supported. When pasting to a prior version, the paste action may succeed but the results may not be as intended.
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