# Want to read 600 Siemens tags without individual tag configuration

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**Category:** Ignition\
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**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539 "2022-08-01T10:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carolin\_Jacob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Carolin\_Jacob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carolin_Jacob)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/1 "2022-08-01T10:39:25Z")

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I have 600 boolean tags and each tag will represent a particular fault description. What is the easiest way to get all these tags in Ignition without having to configure each tags individually.  
If any of the bit out these 600 tags is high, we need to show the fault description of that tag

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/2 "2022-08-01T11:17:52Z")

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> [@Carolin\_Jacob](#):
>
> What is the easiest way

Create a .csv file with all tags addresses and alarm definitions and import that file with a custom script...  
(you asked for the easiest way... 🙃)

EDIT: OK, joke aside...

I always create a .csv file like this (from Excel):

> **Summary**
>
> ```auto
> M500.0;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (GLAVNI PULT)
> M500.1;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (VOZIČKI)
> M500.2;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (KONTROLA)
> M500.3;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (VRATA 1)
> M500.4;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (VRATA 2)
> M500.5;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (ROBOT 1)
> M500.6;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (ROBOT 2)
> M500.7;AKTIVIRAN E-STOP (ROBOT 3)
> M501.0;ODPRTA VRATA 1
> M501.1;ODPRTA VRATA 2
> M501.2;NAPAKA EUCHNER MODULA VRATA 1
> M501.3;NAPAKA EUCHNER MODULA VRATA 2
> M501.4;VARNOSTNI KRMILNIK SICK - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA 
> M501.5;PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA FREKVENČNI REGULATOR ŠČETKANJE
> M501.6;PAC3200 - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA
> M501.7;PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA ACF (ROTO REZKAR)
> M502.0;ROLO VRATA 1 - FREK. REGULATOR - NI KOMUNIKACIJE
> M502.1;ROLO VRATA 1 - FREK. REGULATOR - FAULT
> M502.2;
> M502.3;ROLO VRATA 1 - VRATA NISO ODPRTA
> M502.4;ROLO VRATA 1 - VRATA NISO ZAPRTA
> M502.5;ROLO VRATA 1 - PREKINJENA VARNOSTNA FOTOCELICA V NOTRANJOSTI ROLO VRAT
> M502.6;ROLO VRATA 1 - ODPIRANJE/ZAPIRANJE TRAJA PREDOLGO
> M502.7;
> M503.0;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 1 - NI VKLOPLJEN
> M503.1;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 1 - NI IZKLOPLJEN
> M503.2;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 1 - NI SIGNALA ZA PRISOTNOST VOZIČKA LEVO
> M503.3;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 1 - NI SIGNALA ZA PRISOTNOST VOZIČKA DESNO
> M503.4;
> M503.5;
> M503.6;
> M503.7;
> M504.0;ROLO VRATA 2 - FREK. REGULATOR - NI KOMUNIKACIJE
> M504.1;ROLO VRATA 2 - FREK. REGULATOR - FAULT
> M504.2;
> M504.3;ROLO VRATA 2 - VRATA NISO ODPRTA
> M504.4;ROLO VRATA 2 - VRATA NISO ZAPRTA
> M504.5;ROLO VARTA 2 - PREKINJENA VARNOSTNA FOTOCELICA V NOTRANJOSTI ROLO VRAT
> M504.6;ROLO VRATA 2 - ODPIRANJE/ZAPIRANJE TRAJA PREDOLGO
> M504.7;
> M505.0;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 2 - NI VKLOPLJEN
> M505.1;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 2 - NI IZKLOPLJEN
> M505.2;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 2 - NI SIGNALA ZA PRISOTNOST VOZIČKA LEVO
> M505.3;ZAKLEP VOZIČKA 2 - NI SIGNALA ZA PRISOTNOST VOZIČKA DESNO
> M505.4;
> M505.5;
> M505.6;BRUŠENJE - NAPAKA FREKVENČNI REGULATOR ROTO REZKAR
> M505.7;BRUŠENJE - NAPAKA HLADILNIK ROTO REZKAR (HYDAC)
> M506.0;BRUŠENJE - NAPAKA POLOŽAJ ROTO REZKAR (ACF) MED OBDELAVO
> M506.1;BRUŠENJE - NAPAKA ROTO REZKAR (ACF) NI V ZGORNJEM POLOŽAJU
> M506.2;BRUŠENJE - NAPAKA ODSTOPANJE HITROSTI ROTO REZKAR
> M506.3;
> M506.4;
> M506.5;ŠČETKANJE - NAPAKA FREKVENČNI REGULATOR
> M506.6;ŠČETKANJE - NAPAKA ODSTOPANJE HITROSTI ŠČETKE
> M506.7;ŠČETKANJE - NAPAKA MERITEV POLOŽAJA ŠČETKE
> M507.0;ŠČETKANJE - NAPAKA ŠČETKA NI V ZGORNJEM POLOŽAJU
> M507.1;ŠČETKANJE - NAPAKA POLOŽAJ ŠČETKE (PREMAJHEN POMIK ŠČETKE)
> M507.2;
> M507.3;
> M507.4;BARKODNI ČITALEC - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA
> M507.5;BARKODNI ČITALEC - BRANJE BARKODE VOZIČEK 1 NEUSPEŠNO
> M507.6;BARKODNI ČITALEC - BRANJE BARKODE VOZIČEK 2 NEUSPEŠNO
> M507.7;
> M508.0;CELICA JE NEDEJAVNA
> M508.1;
> M508.2;KONTROLA - PREDAL NI ZAPRT
> M508.3;
> M508.4;
> M508.5;
> M508.6;SLABI KOSI - PREDAL NI ZAPRT
> M508.7;
> M509.0;ROBOT 1 - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA
> M509.1;ROBOT 1 - NAPAKA NA ROBOTU
> M509.2;ROBOT 1 - NI IZVEN OBMOČJA VOZIČKA 1
> M509.3;ROBOT 1 - NI IZVEN OBMOČJA VOZIČKA 2
> M509.4;ROBOT 1 - PRIJEMALO NI IZKLOPLJENO
> M509.5;ROBOT 1 - PRIJEMALO NI VKLOPLJENO
> M509.6;ROBOT 1 - NI OBROČA V PRIJEMALU
> M509.7;ROBOT 1 -
> M510.0;ROBOT 1 - OBROČ NAROBE OBRNJEN
> M510.1;SENZOR RAZDALJE NA ROBOTU 1 - NAPAKA MERJENJA VIŠINE STOLPCA
> M510.2;SENZOR RAZDALJE NA ROBOTU 1 - SIGNAL IZVEN OBSEGA
> M510.3;ROBOT 1 - 
> M510.4;ROBOT 1 - 
> M510.5;ROBOT 1 - 
> M510.6;ROBOT 1 - 
> M510.7;ROBOT 1 - 
> M511.0;ROBOT 2 - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA
> M511.1;ROBOT 2 - NAPAKA NA ROBOTU
> M511.2;ROBOT 2 - PRIJEMALO NI IZKLOPLJENO
> M511.3;ROBOT 2 - PRIJEMALO NI VKLOPLJENO
> M511.4;ROBOT 2 - NI OBROČA V PRIJEMALU
> M511.5;ROBOT 2 - OBROČ NAROBE OBRNJEN
> M511.6;ROBOT 2 - V OBMOČJU GNEZDA 1
> M511.7;ROBOT 2 - V OBMOČJU GNEZDA 2
> M512.0;ROBOT 2 - V OBMOČJU BRUŠENJA
> M512.1;ROBOT 2 - V OBMOČJU ŠČETKANJA
> M512.2;ROBOT 2 - 
> M512.3;ROBOT 2 - 
> M512.4;ROBOT 2 - 
> M512.5;ROBOT 2 - 
> M512.6;ROBOT 2 - 
> M512.7;ROBOT 2 - 
> M513.0;ROBOT 3 - PREKINJENA KOMUNIKACIJA
> M513.1;ROBOT 3 - NAPAKA NA ROBOTU
> M513.2;ROBOT 3 - PRIJEMALO NI IZKLOPLJENO
> M513.3;ROBOT 3 - PRIJEMALO NI VKLOPLJENO
> M513.4;ROBOT 3 - NI OBROČA V PRIJEMALU
> M513.5;ROBOT 3 - OBROČ NAROBE OBRNJEN
> M513.6;ROBOT 3 - V OBMOČJU GNEZDA 1
> M513.7;ROBOT 3 - V OBMOČJU GNEZDA 2
> M514.0;ROBOT 3 - V OBMOČJU BRUŠENJA
> M514.1;ROBOT 3 - V OBMOČJU ŠČETKANJA
> M514.2;ROBOT 3 - 
> M514.3;ROBOT 3 - 
> M514.4;ROBOT 3 - 
> M514.5;ROBOT 3 - 
> M514.6;ROBOT 3 - 
> M514.7;ROBOT 3 - 
> M515.0;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - PRIJEMALO NI ODPRTO
> M515.1;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - PRIJEMALO NI ZAPRTO
> M515.2;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - NI V ROTACIJI 0°
> M515.3;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - NI V ROTACIJI 180°
> M515.4;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - NI KOSA V PRIJEMALU
> M515.5;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - PREVERITE PODATKE IN ORIENTACIJO KOSA
> M515.6;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - 
> M515.7;OBRAČANJE KOSOV - 
> 
> ```

Then I have this script to import/add tags (you can run this in script console):

> **Summary**
>
> ```auto
> #V Execel-u shrani kot .csv (ANSI)
> #V Notepad++ pretvori v UTF-8
> 
> OPCServer='Ignition OPC-UA Server'
> deviceName='[s7_1500_cno]'	#what name you have in Ignition/Config/Devices website
> alarmFolderName=u"klscno/Alarms"	#In which folder in Tag Browser in the designer you want to put your alarms
> scanClass='Alarms 1s'	#which scanclass should your alarms tags run under
> pathIn=system.file.openFile('csv')	#choose your .csv file
> priority=2	#priority of the alarm:0-Diagnostic, 1-Low (warnings), 2-Medium (alarms), 3-High, 4-Critical
> 
> if pathIn != None:
> txt = system.gui.inputBox("OPC Server:", OPCServer)	#show/input OPCServer
> if txt != None:
> OPCServer=txt   
> txt = system.gui.inputBox("Device Name:", deviceName)	#show/input deviceName
> if txt != None:
> deviceName=txt   
> txt = system.gui.inputBox("Alarm Folder Name:", alarmFolderName)	#show/input alarmFolderName
> if txt != None:
> alarmFolderName=txt   
> fileIn=open(pathIn)	#open .csv file
> xx = 0	#za alarme postavi na 0, za warnings pa na naslednjo stotico od alarmov
> for line in fileIn:	#read line by line
> xx += 1 #for numbering the alarms, so that they are sequenced
> bitname=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace(' ','') #for adding at the end of alarm text
> print "bitname= ", bitname
> bit=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('M','MX') #in Ignition M is MX; for adding in OPCItemPath
> print "bit: ", bit
> tagname=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('.','_')	#name of the tag visible in Tag Browser in the Designer
> print "tagname=",tagname
> alarmtext = unicode(line[line.find(';')+1:].strip())	#alarm text
> if alarmtext == '':
> alarmtext = 'Rezerva'
> #alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm nr. + alarm text + bitname
> alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm text + bitname
> print "alarmtext=",alarmtext
> displaypath = u''	#displayPath of the Tag; for grouping tags in groups, if you need it
> #print displaypath
> #print "xx= ", xx
>         
> system.tag.addTag(parentPath=alarmFolderName, 
> name=tagname, 
> tagType="OPC", 
> dataType="Boolean", 
> attributes={"OPCServer":OPCServer, 
> "OPCItemPath":deviceName+bit, 
> "ScanClass":scanClass}, 
> alarmConfig={alarmtext:[["name", "Value", alarmtext],
> ["priority","Value", priority], 
> ["displayPath","Value", displaypath], 
> ["label", "Value", alarmtext],
> ["setpointA","Value", 1.0], 
> ["ackMode", "Value", 1]]
> }
> )
>         
>         
> 
> fileIn.close()
> 
> ```

You will need to adapt the script to your needs...

And this is how my excel file looks...

> **Summary**
>
> ![Screenshot_30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/a/0a0b358560c1feecd96491d63a8e2d6d486eeabe.png)

And you can copy/paste from TIA portal all alarm tags to Excel...

> **Summary**
>
> ![Screenshot_31](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/3/234609abef7555efb2c8c5ef97bf07648c763067.png)

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**Author:** ![Carolin\_Jacob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Carolin\_Jacob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carolin_Jacob)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/3 "2022-08-05T11:02:29Z")

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Hi,  
Thank you for the reply, I tried using the method but I’m getting the following error :-

bitname= DB311,DBX332.0  
bit: DB311,X332.0  
tagname1= DB311,DBX332\_0  
tagname= DB311\_DBX332\_0  
alarmtext= 1. Kollisionsgefahr Station 2\_ 0-Position Kipp-Achse fehlt und Hub-Achse zu niedrig (DB311,DBX332.0)  
Java Traceback:  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “”, line 46, in   
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:351)

```
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:325)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:278)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:945)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities.addTagImpl(LegacyClientTagUtilities.java:59)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.LegacyTagUtilities.addTag(LegacyTagUtilities.java:76)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

```

com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: Invalid characters found in tag name ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

```
at org.python.core.Py.JavaError(Py.java:547)

at org.python.core.Py.JavaError(Py.java:538)

at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction. __call__ (PyReflectedFunction.java:192)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.ScriptManager$ReflectedInstanceFunction. __call__ (ScriptManager.java:541)

at org.python.core.PyObject. __call__ (PyObject.java:400)

at org.python.pycode._pyx44.f$0(<input>:23)

at org.python.pycode._pyx44.call_function(<input>)

at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:173)

at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18)

at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1687)

at org.python.core.Py.exec(Py.java:1731)

at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(PythonInterpreter.java:277)

at org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode(InteractiveInterpreter.java:130)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.tools.jythonconsole.JythonConsole$ConsoleWorker.doInBackground(JythonConsole.java:611)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.tools.jythonconsole.JythonConsole$ConsoleWorker.doInBackground(JythonConsole.java:599)

at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

```

Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: Invalid characters found in tag name ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

```
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:351)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:325)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:278)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:945)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities.addTagImpl(LegacyClientTagUtilities.java:59)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.LegacyTagUtilities.addTag(LegacyTagUtilities.java:76)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction. __call__ (PyReflectedFunction.java:190)

... 18 more

```

Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Invalid characters found in tag name ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

```
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.script.LegacyGatewayTagUtilities.buildEditsForAddTag(LegacyGatewayTagUtilities.java:606)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.script.LegacyGatewayTagUtilities.addTagImpl(LegacyGatewayTagUtilities.java:138)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.LegacyTagUtilities.addTag(LegacyTagUtilities.java:76)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.servlets.gateway.functions.IALabs.addTag(IALabs.java:181)

at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(null)

at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(null)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(null)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.servlets.gateway.AbstractGatewayFunction.invoke(AbstractGatewayFunction.java:228)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.servlets.Gateway.doPost(Gateway.java:431)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.bootstrap.MapServlet.service(MapServlet.java:86)

at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder$NotAsync.service(ServletHolder.java:1450)

at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:799)

at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$ChainEnd.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1631)

at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:548)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)

at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:600)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:235)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1624)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:233)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1440)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:188)

at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:501)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1594)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:186)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1355)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127)

at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.handlers.RemoteHostNameLookupHandler.handle(RemoteHostNameLookupHandler.java:121)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127)

at org.eclipse.jetty.rewrite.handler.RewriteHandler.handle(RewriteHandler.java:322)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerList.handle(HandlerList.java:59)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:146)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:516)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$1(HttpChannel.java:487)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:732)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:479)

at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:277)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:311)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:105)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ssl.SslConnection$DecryptedEndPoint.onFillable(SslConnection.java:555)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ssl.SslConnection.onFillable(SslConnection.java:410)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ssl.SslConnection$2.succeeded(SslConnection.java:164)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:105)

at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$1.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:104)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.runTask(EatWhatYouKill.java:338)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:315)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.tryProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:173)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:131)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:409)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:883)

at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:1034)

at java.lang.Thread.run(null)

```

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “”, line 46, in   
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:351)

```
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:325)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:278)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:945)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities.addTagImpl(LegacyClientTagUtilities.java:59)

at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.LegacyTagUtilities.addTag(LegacyTagUtilities.java:76)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

```

com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: Invalid characters found in tag name ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/4 "2022-08-05T12:39:31Z")

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This is the CSV file

DB311,DBX332.0;Kollisionsgefahr Station 2\_ 0-Position Kipp-Achse fehlt und Hub-Achse zu niedrig  
DB311,DBX310.5;Fehler Sicherheits-SPS\_ Fehler Ruckfuhrkreis Steuerung EIN _201-K1\_201-K2_  
DB311,DBX301.4;Storung Shuttle\_ Gleichzeitige Roboteranforderungen Station 1  
DB311,DBX320.5;Station 1 Brenner Handschweissgerat nicht in Position und Roboter oder Shuttle in Station  
DB311,DBX282.0;Roboter 1 melden einen Alarm  
DB311,DBX314.7;Storung Schmierung 1 X-Achse Shuttle  
DB311,DBX343.7;520  
DB311,DBX316.0;Storung Schmierung Fuhrungen Positionierer Station 2  
DB311,DBX351.5;582  
DB311,DBX281.0;NOT-HALT-Taster an der Vorquittierbox der Einlegerlichtschranke Station 2 rechts ist betatigt  
DB311,DBX345.5;534  
DB311,DBX336.7;480  
DB311,DBX323.1;354  
DB311,DBX318.1;Schmierung Spindel Positionierer Station 1 ist leer  
DB311,DBX333.1;434  
DB311,DBX287.0;Systemjob der Robotersteuerung 2 _Roboter 2_ lauft nicht \_ Systemjob uberprufen or Robotersteuerung aus- und wieder einschalten  
DB311,DBX288.3;Kollisionsgefahr\_ Shuttle in Station 1 und Wender nicht in Cube fur Entnahme  
DB311,DBX303.4;197  
DB311,DBX349.0;Station 2\_ Fehler ASi - Slave ist ausgefallen _Fehler vom ASi-Master_  
DB311,DBX351.0;577  
DB311,DBX289.0;Shuttle melden einen Alarm  
DB311,DBX344.4;Storung Endlage unten von Schweissdusenpruffer 1 nicht erreicht  
DB311,DBX291.4;Storung Profinet\_ Device 11 _ET200S - Greifer Roboter 1_ ist gestort oder ausgefallen  
DB311,DBX281.7;NOT-HALT-Taster am Kettenforderer ist betatigt  
DB311,DBX349.5;Station 2\_ Konfiguration abgebrochen ASi-Master antwortet nicht  
DB311,DBX316.6;319  
DB311,DBX308.4;Storung\_ Dusenreiniger 4  
DB311,DBX335.5;454  
DB311,DBX334.1;458  
DB311,DBX346.3;Station 1\_ Konfiguration abgebrochen ASi-Master antwortet nicht  
DB311,DBX281.3;NOT-HALT-Taster an der Startbox Station 2 links ist betatigt  
DB311,DBX316.3;316  
DB311,DBX296.2;155  
DB311,DBX329.3;Storung\_ uberspannungsschutz hat ausgelost  
DB311,DBX290.1;Storung Profinet\_ Device 31 _ET200S - Hauptbedienbox_ ist gestort oder ausgefallen  
DB311,DBX284.7;64  
DB311,DBX338.7;496  
DB311,DBX302.2;203  
DB311,DBX336.1;474  
DB311,DBX311.5;262  
DB311,DBX314.2;299  
DB311,DBX337.0;Storung Pufferplatz\_ Teilekontrolle weiterhin ein or Kabine wurde aber abgeholt _U-Job_ Abhilfe\_ Teilekontrollen uberprufen und Fehler rucksetzen _Menu_ Fehler TK Handling\_  
DB311,DBX296.6;159  
DB311,DBX351.3;580  
DB311,DBX321.6;343  
DB311,DBX299.6;Storung Roboter 1\_ Ruckmeldung der Spannernummer ist ungleich der angeforderten Spannernummer Station 2  
DB311,DBX310.0;Storung Roboter 2\_ Laufzeituberschreitung Schweisdusenprufer AUForAB  
DB311,DBX326.4;397  
DB311,DBX299.0;Storung Roboter 1\_ Gleichzeitige Roboteranforderungen Station 1  
DB311,DBX338.3;492  
DB311,DBX280.0;NOT-HALT-Taster am Schaltschrank des Vorrichtungswechselsystems ist betatigt  
DB311,DBX318.4;Schmierung Fuhrungen Positionierer Station 2 ist leer  
DB311,DBX322.4;Station 1 Schalter Medien permanent ist betatigt

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> [@Carolin\_Jacob](#):
>
> Invalid characters found in tag name ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

... but your CSV file says `DB311,DBX332.0;`.  
Where is the '`,`' and '`.`' getting converted to '`_`'?

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/6 "2022-08-08T05:54:01Z")

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The one marked in BOLD is where I’m converting the Tag name :-

```auto
  for line in fileIn:	#read line by line
    	xx += 1 #for numbering the alarms, so that they are sequenced
    	bitname=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace(' ','') #for adding at the end of alarm text
    	print "bitname= ", bitname
        bit=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('DBX','X') #in Ignition M is MX; for adding in OPCItemPath
        print "bit: ", bit
        tagname1=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('.','_')	#name of the tag visible in Tag Browser in the Designer
        print "tagname1=",tagname1
        tagname=tagname1.strip().replace(',','_')	#name of the tag visible in Tag Browser in the Designer
        print "tagname=",tagname
        alarmtext = unicode(line[line.find(';')+1:].strip())	#alarm text
        if alarmtext == '':
        	alarmtext = 'Rezerva'
        #alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm nr. + alarm text + bitname
        alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm text + bitname
        print "alarmtext=",alarmtext
        displaypath = u''	#displayPath of the Tag; for grouping tags in groups, if you need it
        #print displaypath
        #print "xx= ", xx

```

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/8 "2022-08-08T06:09:42Z")

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```auto
for line in fileIn:	#read line by line
    	xx += 1 #for numbering the alarms, so that they are sequenced
    	bitname=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace(' ','') #for adding at the end of alarm text
    	print "bitname= ", bitname
        bit=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('DBX','X') #in Ignition M is MX; for adding in OPCItemPath
        print "bit: ", bit
        tagname1=line[line.find(';')-line.find(';'):line.find(';')].strip().replace('.','_')	#name of the tag visible in Tag Browser in the Designer
        print "tagname1=",tagname1
        tagname=tagname1.strip().replace(',','_')	#name of the tag visible in Tag Browser in the Designer
        print "tagname=",tagname
        alarmtext = unicode(line[line.find(';')+1:].strip())	#alarm text
        if alarmtext == '':
        	alarmtext = 'Rezerva'
        #alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm nr. + alarm text + bitname
        alarmtext = str(xx) + ". " + alarmtext + " (" + bitname + ")"	#alarm text + bitname
        print "alarmtext=",alarmtext
        displaypath = u''	#displayPath of the Tag; for grouping tags in groups, if you need it
        #print displaypath
        #print "xx= ", xx

```

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> [@Carolin\_Jacob](#):
>
> ‘DB311\_DBX332\_0’

For me the problem doesn't come from your code but when reading a csv file within ignition the first line line alaways contains weird character \*\*‘\*\*DB311\_DBX332\_0’ i don't know why we get this. i would make a replace of those character also and try to run your code again.

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/10 "2022-08-08T07:00:33Z")

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Open your .csv file in Notepad++ and convert it to UTF-8.

 ![Screenshot_32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/6/260b86588849925f98010053bd8b72d4a3a5479c.png)  
Now it’s with BOM… UTF-8-BOM…

From Excel save your .csv as ANSI and then convert it with Notepad++ to UTF-8.

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-read-600-siemens-tags-without-individual-tag-configuration/62539/11 "2022-08-09T09:48:15Z")

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Thank you. It worked!