The MProt TIA Portal Importer is an executable file, distributed along with Siemens MProt (MPI/PPI/ISO-TCP) Driver, intended to import Tags from an automation project created using TIA Portal, from Siemens. To ensure its proper functioning, the executable must match the following requirements:

•Siemens TIA Portal versions 16, 17, or 18 installed

•Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or later installed

•Folders TIAImporterV16, TIAImporterV17, and TIAImporterV18, provided with this Driver, must be located in the same folder as this Driver

•The MProtTiaPortalImporter.exe executable files and the Siemens.Engineering.dll files, provided with this Driver, must be located within the folders mentioned earlier

•The user account using the Importer must be added to the Siemens TIA Openness local group of users, located on Windows Administrative Tools

MProt TIA Portal Importer is started by clicking Open Importer on the Import Tags tab of this Driver's configuration window. The window on the next figure is then displayed.

MProt TIA Portal Importer

Click Open TIA Portal project to select a TIA Portal project file and click OK to open an instance of TIA Portal in background. If TIA Portal firewall does not find MProt TIA Portal Importer on the authorization list, a dialog box is opened with options Yes to allow access, Yes to all to allow access and save the access authorization on the authorization list, and No to refuse access, according to the next figure.

Access configuration

After authorizing MProt TIA Portal Importer, it is opened displaying the project's tree structure with the items to import.

Items to import

To import all Tags from a project, click Import all items. After finishing the import process, click OK to confirm it and close the Importer. When closing the Importer, the Tags are automatically imported into this Driver's configuration window, where they can be saved. For more information, please check topic Importing Tags. The Close TIA Portal project option allows closing the project and the Cancel option closes the Importer without performing an import process.