In GP-Pro EX, create CSV data and from the right-click menu click [Update Search File]. In the [file] folder, the index file ZRINDEX.csv is created.
When using the Condition Name Search feature, this file is used to speed up the search. GP-Pro EX registered recipe (CSV data) information such as file number and condition name are written to this file.
The index file has the following format:
In GP-Pro EX, after you run CSV file operations such as adding, editing, or deleting from the [Recipe] [Transfer CSV Data (CSV File List)], right-click [Update Search File] to update the index file.
If a CSV file has been created in Excel or by a device/PLC and transferred to external storage, the index file will not reflect information from these files. Either open the index file and input the information directly in the file, or add/edit the index file in GP-Pro EX.
When editing the index file, be careul of index file errors.
The following cases will cause an index file error, and Condition Name Search feature will not work. Create a new index file or delete the existing index file before resuming the transfer operation. The index file can be deleted by using a Special Data Display [File Manager].
A file number is missing.
The file number is not within the range of 0 to 65535.
The index file is not in CSV file format.
Index file condition names and file numbers are created by referencing the file contents in the [file] folder. The index file is not created based on GP-Pro EX condition settings.
You can also use the system variable #H_CsvIndex_Control to create an index file at run time.
A.2.2.2 Word Type - #H System Variables
An index file can be created in offline mode. For information about how to use offline mode, refer to the following.
Maintenance/Troubleshooting Guide, M.7.2 Creating an index file for recipes in external storage
When creating an index file from offline mode, the file will be overwritten if there is already an index file in the designated external storage.