Creating many instances of a data type when AB Logix PLC tag is an array

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I typically use the instance name of the datatype in the OPC Item path so that I can make many instances of the data type by using the multi-instance wizard:
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However, this time my tags in the Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC are in an array, so the tag name has [#] in the name. “[” is an illegal character in the instance name, so I cannot use the instance name for the OPC item path. Does anybody know a clever way around this? I have >1000 instances of this datatype and do not want to create them manually.

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system.tag.addTag() gives you flexibility to do nearly anything. I’ve used it to script the creation of many UDTs with overrides to match SLC 5/05 tags with consistent–but different–offsets for various bits that would become part of the UDTs.