# Browse Contrologix tags offline **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [December 12, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696 "2013-12-12T14:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/1 "2013-12-12T14:28:29Z")
Have made this request before. Sure would be helpful to get Contrologix tags from the Rslogix5000 \*.acd file into the SQLtags browser. FactoryTalk ME & SE can do this. Or at least a driver for the Contrologix simulator Don’t always have a physical PLC at the start of a project. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/2 "2013-12-12T16:15:09Z")
Yeah, this would be cool. I’ll make sure there’s at least a ticket for it somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/3 "2014-01-05T20:59:08Z")
+1 If not from .ACD, this should be very doable from an RSLogix .L5K (XML) export. ---
**Author:** ![rrebro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/4 "2021-02-18T18:53:22Z")
Any update on this? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/5 "2021-02-18T18:58:53Z")
Not from us. @pturmel has a module that can do stuff with the XML export but not sure if it’s exactly what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![rrebro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/6 "2021-02-18T19:04:00Z")
I am familiar with this module. I was hoping for a better solution. Thanks for the update ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/7 "2021-02-18T19:14:18Z")
Is there a published schema for the L5X XML? I don’t see one in 1756-RM084. ---
**Author:** ![rrebro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/8 "2021-02-18T19:18:31Z")
Not something I know. I will continue messing around with the third party module ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/9 "2021-02-18T19:27:02Z")
Seems like page 35 has what you’re looking for no? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/c/0c2d7c1a7760382269c9f675d7f5a76e546276a7.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/10 "2021-02-18T19:27:34Z")
Not really; I’m looking for an XML schema document, not written documentation and examples. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/11 "2021-02-18T21:22:56Z")
> [@rrebro](#): > > I was hoping for a better solution. ☹ Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![rrebro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/12 "2021-02-18T21:31:13Z")
Check out here. After trying it further, there is a lot to offer. I am having this one problem. > [@Best Way to Develop While Disconnected from Device](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-develop-while-disconnected-from-device/41759/10): > > I’m circling back to this, I tried it out, uploaded a .L5X and it seems to work pretty well, except I can’t seem to find any tags that were aliases of another tag. Any thoughts on that? ---
**Author:** ![bmusson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmusson/32/87530_2.png) [@bmusson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmusson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/13 "2021-02-18T23:05:44Z")
I have an unofficial L5X schema that works on v32 (working on v33 compatibility with PlantPAx objects). I could get it hosted on GitHub if there’s interest. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/14 "2021-02-18T23:09:17Z")
I’d at least be interested in taking a look at it. We’re not building anything right now, but if/when we do it would certainly help if I could generate an XML parser from a schema rather than write one by hand… ---
**Author:** ![bmusson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmusson/32/87530_2.png) [@bmusson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmusson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/15 "2021-02-18T23:34:16Z")
> **[benmusson/l5x-schema](https://github.com/benmusson/l5x-schema)** > > A repository of XML schema definitions for Rockwell Automation's L5X export format. - benmusson/l5x-schema ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/16 "2021-02-18T23:37:19Z")
Thanks. I hope you didn’t have to do that by hand 😬 ---
**Author:** ![bmusson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmusson/32/87530_2.png) [@bmusson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmusson)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/17 "2021-02-19T00:04:15Z")
Ain’t nobody got time for that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/18 "2021-02-19T00:09:00Z")
I’ve seen a CLX program with ~1 million tags in it… I wonder how big that XML export would be and if it could even be parsed without a custom streaming parser anyway… ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/19 "2021-02-19T02:37:59Z")
That would be interesting to play with–my module uses a custom streaming parser that discards the parts of an L5X that it can’t use… ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Kraft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@Eric\_Kraft](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Eric_Kraft)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-contrologix-tags-offline/7696/20 "2023-01-26T23:46:38Z")
In case someone else is searching and comes across this post; here's a Rockwell publication that details the L5X export schema: [### Logix 5000 Controllers Import/Export](https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1756-rm014_-en-p.pdf) > **[1756-rm014\_-en-p.pdf](https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1756-rm014_-en-p.pdf)** > > 5.85 MB