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HQ Scan
A standalone TIA / PLC DB-point preparation tool that scans DB points, symbolic addresses, and type information through Openness, then produces filterable, reviewable, exportable result tables.
HQ Scan turns PLC engineering DB points into reviewable, exportable data lists. Use it when a project needs DB points, symbolic addresses, alarm candidates, or trend candidates prepared before configuration.
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Use it when a project needs TIA / PLC DB points, symbolic addresses, and candidates.
Scans, filters, applies rules, and exports point data before binding or import.
Use it as a preparation tool before runtime configuration when the project scope requires it.
Path
Product Usage Path
Confirm where the product sits in the delivery path, then continue to installation, configuration, extension, and acceptance details.
Use TIA Portal and Openness permissions on the engineering machine.
Scan DB points and narrow results through rules and filters.
Generate reviewed files for later import or configuration.
Positioning
Standalone DB point preparation
HQ Scan scans DB points, symbolic addresses, alarm candidates, and trend candidates, then exports reviewed files for later import or configuration.
Read DB points, symbolic addresses, and type information from TIA Portal projects or archives through Openness.
Start scanning after TIA Portal, project access, and Openness permissions are ready on the machine.
Export normalized-tags, tag-import, alarm-import, trend-import, hqserver-create-tags, and related files.
Capabilities
What it helps the project do
Make TIA / PLC DB-point results clearer, filterable, reviewable, and exportable.
Reduce manual lookup and repeated entry for DB points, symbolic addresses, and type results.
Use DB ranges, PLC names, excluded names, and rule-center matching to narrow results before import.
Export normalized-tags, tag-import, alarm-import, trend-import, hqserver-create-tags, and report files.
Interface examples
Scan, rules, and result review
Interface examples show project selection, DB scope, scan results, rule center, and export flow.
Review DB point name, symbolic address, absolute address, type, scan cycle, and candidate flags after scanning.
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Use name rules, DB scope, and candidate rules to prepare alarms, trends, and import results.
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Select the TIA project and output folder, then confirm Openness permission and DB scan scope.
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Support
Platform and dependencies
HQ Scan depends on the local engineering environment and access permissions.
Platform
HQ Scan targets Windows desktop environments.
Dependency
TIA Portal and proper Openness permissions should be available on the machine.
Version records
Project packages should include the TIA version and engineering environment information used for delivery.
Typical Use
When to use it
Use it when the project scope includes TIA / PLC DB-point preparation.
Extract DB points
Prepare DB-point and symbolic-address data before system implementation.
Prepare results for binding
Clean and export usable DB-point, alarm-candidate, and trend-candidate results for later platform use.
Next Step
Continue
Continue to extraction, filtering, export, and system import.