There was a post a while ago that said this is possible but I cannot figure out how.
I would like to use the description that’s already included in the PLC (in this case, the text “Energize to open, but physically opens during estop…”).
The goal is with some tag naming conventions along with Ignition for OPC or tag browsing / filtering, templates, and template repeaters I think I can have a pretty reusable I/O screen for all machines. But getting a readable description for each would be a big help.
There’s no automatic way to do this. You’d have to parse a Logix export file, build a dictionary of Logix tag addresses and sub-addresses, and then iterate through your tag definitions adding descriptions where the OPC path matched the Logix tag address. No fun. Good luck.