Citect/Control Logix and Ascii Data

[MP231]

Hi, I would like to get some advice on the best way to proceed on the following. I am working on a system controlled by a L61 Control Logix CPU and Citect Scada v7.2 I have been asked by the customer to process a recipe which is provided in the form of a text file on a networked PC. The text file will be in the format .....111,222,333,444 etc where each comma seperated value is a required quantity. I need to get the recipe data into the control system. Would this be easier done through the Citect (using ASCII_DEV) with associated Cicode or can it be read directly by the PLC ? Thanks

[MP231]

Finally got there ! Using Cicode is definitely the way to go. Lots of functions for doing this sort of thing. Device and file functions such as DevModify and FileFind are very useful. After much trial and error I can now import text file data and export as well even to different folders. Important to set up the AsciiDev device correctly too.