Import PV to PVP FiRockwell’s FactoryTalk View Studio HMI/SCADA development software comes with the built-in ability to import old PanelView Projects. In today’s article, I’ll walk you through the steps to do just that.

Importing legacy PanelView Projects into FactoryTalk View Studio

Step 1) Start by opening FactoryTalk View Studio Machine Edition. When prompted with the below “New/Open” window, choose the “New” tab:

PV to PVPlus Import 1Step 2) On the “New” tab, give your project a name (no spaces, under 28 characters,) but don’t click on “Create:”

PV to PVPlus Import 2

Step 3) Next, click on the “Import” button

PV to PVPlus Import 2bStep 4) Press “OK” after reading the notice:

PV to PVPlus Import 3Step 5) Select the type of legacy PanelView project you would like to import and press next:

Note: PanelBuilder 1200 projects must first be imported to PanelBuilder 1400e (enhanced) software and saved as a “.PVC”

PV to PVPlus Import 4Note: PanelBuilder Enhanced and pre-6.1 PanelView Plus projects can not be imported on Windows 7 64 bit without first preforming a lagecy tag database export on a 32bit OS. See this blog post for more information:

Step 6) Browse for your legacy PanelView file, select it, and press “Next:”

PV to PVPlus Import 5Note: In this example we will import a PanelView 1000 RIO Demo Project:

PV to PVPlus Import 5bStep 7) Select your import options and then press “Finish:”

PV to PVPlus Import 6Step 8) Once the import finishes, you will be prompted with a popup displaying the conversion results. All errors in this log will need to be considered before deploying your imported code:

PV to PVPlus Import 7Step 9) Now you have completed the importing of your legacy PanelView project into FactoryTalk ViewStudio:

PV to PVPlus Import 8Note: For more information about migrating old PanelView projects to FactoryTalk View check out the below migration guides:

I hope the above step-by-step procedure on how to import legacy PanelView projects into FactoryTalk ViewStudio was helpful. If you have any comment. questions, suggestions, or corrections please don’t hesitate to share them by using the “post a comment or question” link below.

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

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6 COMMENTS

  1. Hi Shawn Tierney, I am trying to convert Panelbuilder 32 project to ME Studio but while I am doing that -at the end of the process- there is an error appears on the screen. It calls“ImportErr.log“ and also it writes:

    Cause: An invalid character was found in text content.
    Line number : 1 Character position: 1131

    Can you help me about this problem, what should I do?

    Thanks for help

    • Good morning Merih,

      This is a very rare error, but if I remember correctly it means there is an unsupported text character somewhere in your PanelView Builder 32 project.

      I suggest saving a copy of your PB32 project with a different name and then looking through the project text list in PB32 to see if your project contains any non-alpha numeric characters.

      If my memory is correct, eliminating those should allow you to import the project.

      Hope this helps,

      Shawn Tierney

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