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Set up the PLC import parameters

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Set up the PLC import parameters

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- [Instructor] In the previous video, I left the Spreadsheet to PLC Input Output Utility dialog box open. You can see it there on the screen. Now, I've deliberately left that open so that you can go to the next step. Now, you'll notice, at the top of the dialog box, it's looking at a file called Demoplc.wdi. That is all of your settings, all of your parameters that your PLCs are going to follow when you create them from the spreadsheet itself. Now, it's really important that you have all of this set up and ready to go, so I've devoted an entire video to this. So, all you've got to do is click on Setup here in the Spreadsheet to PLC Utility dialog box. Click on Setup and you get another great bit dialog box. Excellent, with even more information this time. It's not actually that difficult to set up, and most of the default settings I'm going to leave them as they are. So, you'll notice that we've got a ladder. So, basically, it creates a ladder for you for your parametric PLC, if you…

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