Offline TIA project scanning only | Mingcedar Scan

<div class="manual-doc-article manual-doc-article-section"><h2 id="offline-scan">Scope: Offline TIA project scanning only</h2>

Mingcedar Scan reads projects or archives that the local TIA Portal installation can open. It has no PLC IP, OPC UA, or other live-data source.

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<h3 id="offline-scan-item-1">The engineering file is the point source</h3>

<p>Mingcedar Scan uses TIA Openness to read PLCs, standard-layout DBs, symbolic paths, optional comments, data types, absolute addresses, and access metadata from the project, then produces a reviewable list.</p>

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<h3 id="offline-scan-item-2">No live PLC connection</h3>

<p>The main window does not accept a PLC IP or OPC UA endpoint, read live values, write devices, or perform continuous collection.</p>

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<h3 id="offline-scan-item-3">A matching TIA environment is required</h3>

<p>Run on Windows x64 with .NET Framework 4.8, TIA Portal that can open the project, a running Automation License Manager service, and valid Openness access.</p>

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<h3 id="offline-scan-item-4">The scan focuses on DB points</h3>

<p>Results contain symbolic paths, absolute addresses, and verification status for standard-DB scalar members. Reviewable rows can differ from rows eligible for communication import. I, Q, and M are outside the scan and must be handled separately.</p>

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