The new Symbolic address: Group (ID 20610) property is available for PLC connection points. With this property you can group areas of symbolic addresses in the assignment list, for example inputs, outputs, safety addresses, etc. To this purpose, this property can be shown as a column in the assignment list (menu items Project data > PLC Addresses / assignment lists) and entered as a freely selectable designation.
The property is used during the PLC data exchange in AutomationML format. This property is also available as a format element in the Row formatting in assignment list dialog.
Benefit:
With this grouping of symbolic addresses, specific areas in the assignment list, for example safety addresses, can be grouped during the PLC data exchange in the AutomationML format.
See also
Assignment Lists