Copy a controller reference

Copy a controller reference within a
View Designer
 project or from one
View Designer
 project to another. This eliminates the need to manually enter the information in a project. Copy individual items from a controller reference or the entire controller reference. Paste controller references that are of the same version of
Logix Designer
.
Prerequisites
  • Open the source
    View Designer
     project containing the content to copy.
  • If pasting content into another project, start an instance of
    View Designer
     and open the target project. Open no more than three instances of
    View Designer
     at one time.
To copy a controller reference
  1. In the source project, select
    Project > Project Properties
     and select the
    References
    tab.
  2. Right-click the controller reference and select
    Copy
    .
    TIP:
    To copy a single item from a controller reference card, select the controller reference, select the item to copy, and then right-click and select
    Copy
    .
  3. In each target project:
  1. Select
    Project > Project Properties
     and select the
    References
    tab.
  2. Right-click the new controller reference card and select
    Paste
    . Pasting assigns the next available controller reference number.
  3. Select
    Apply
     to save changes and remain on the
    Project Properties
     dialog box, or select
    OK
     to save changes and close the
    Project Properties
     dialog box.
    TIP:
    Tips:
    • Pasted controller references appear after the last controller reference card. Each controller reference card has a controller reference number that identifies the position on the
      References
      tab and the name of the referenced controller. When reopening the
      References
      tab, reference cards appear in order by controller reference number that appears in the
      Controller[#] Reference Name
       box.
    • After saving controller references, reference cards appear in order by controller reference number.
    • For
      PanelView
       5310 HMI devices,
      View Designer
       does not support pasting a controller reference in a project that already contains a controller reference.
    • For
      PanelView
       5510 HMI devices, paste up to four controller references in a project.
    • For multiple controllers and their tags to appear in the
      Tag Browser
       for a
      PanelView
       5510 HMI device, the project file (.acd) for each referenced controller requires the same version of
      Logix Designer
      .
    • View Designer
       does not support pasting a number of controller references that exceeds the total allowed for an HMI device. A prompt appears to paste the copied controller references that do not exceed the maximum for the HMI device.
    • The maximum number of controller references appears at the top of the
      References
       tab and on the
      Usage & Capacity
       tab. Deleting the required number of controller references from the
      References
      tab removes the errors.
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