Tag Data Type Conversions

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Tag Data Type conversion are converted as follows:

TIA Portal Tag Table Data Types
TIA Portal Program Block Data Types

Notes:

Arrays are automatically expanded. For each array, a tag is created for the entire array as well as each index in the array.
Tags cannot be created for User Data Types or Strings placed in the InOut section of a function block.
User-defined types in tag tables cannot be expanded. The address of the start of the UDT will be provided as a tag.

TIA Portal Tag Table Data Types

TIA Portal tag table data types are converted to Server data types as follows:

TIA Portal Data Type	Server Data Type
Bool	Boolean
Byte	Byte
Char	Char
Counter	Word
Date	String
Dint	Long
DWord	DWord
Int	Short
Real	Float
S5Time	Long
Time	String
Timer	Long
Time Of Day	String
Word	Word
Aom_Ident	DWord
Conn_Any	Word
Conn_Ouc	Word
Conn_Prg	Word
Conn_R_Id	DWord
DB_ANY	Word
DB_DYN	Word
DB_WWW	Word
Event_Any	DWord
Event_Att	DWord
Event_HwInt	DWord
Hw_Any	Word
Hw_Device	Word
Hw_DpMaster	Word
Hw_DpSlave	Word
Hw_Hsc	Word
Hw_Interface	Word
Hw_IEPort	Word
Hw_Io	Word
Hw_IoSystem	Word
Hw_Module	Word
Hw_Pto	Word
Hw_Pwm	Word
Hw_SubModule	Word
LReal	Double
OB_Any	Short
OB_Att	Short
OB_Cyclic	Short
OB_Delay	Short
OB_DIAG	Short
OB_HWINT	Short
OB_PCYCLE	Short
OB_STARTUP	Short
OB_TIMEERROR	Short
OB_Tod	Short
Pip	Word
Port	Word
Rtm	Word
SInt	Char
UDInt	DWord
UInt	Word
USInt	Byte
WChar	Short

TIA Portal Program Block Data Types

TIA Portal program block data types are converted to Server data types as follows:

TIA Portal Data Type	Server Data Type
Bool	Boolean
Byte	Byte
Char	Char
Counter	Char
Date	String
Dint	Long
DWord	DWord
Int	Short
Real	Float
S5Time	Long
Time	String
Timer	String
Time Of Day	String
Word	Word
Date and Time	String
AOM_IDENT	DWord
CONN_ANY	Word
CONN_OUC	Word
CONN_PRG	Word
CONN_R_ID	DWord
DB_ANY	Word
DB_DYN	Word
DB_WWW	Word
EVENT_ANY	DWord
EVENT_ATT	DWord
EVENT_HWINT	DWord
Hw_Any	Word
Hw_Device	Word
Hw_DPMaster	Word
Hw_DPSlave	Word
Hw_HSC	Word
Hw_Interface	Word
Hw_IEPort	Word
Hw_Io	Word
Hw_IoSystem	Word
Hw_Module	Word
Hw_Pto	Word
Hw_Pwm	Word
Hw_SubModule	Word
LReal	Double
OB_Any	Short
OB_Att	Short
OB_Cyclic	Short
OB_Delay	Short
OB_DIAG	Short
OB_HWINT	Short
OB_PCYCLE	Short
OB_STARTUP	Short
OB_TIMEERROR	Short
OB_Tod	Short
Pip	Word
Port	Word
Rtm	Word
SInt	Char
UDInt	DWord
UInt	Word
USInt	Byte
WChar	Short

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