The PL7 application conversion tool is integrated into Control Expert, and enables PL7 applications to be converted into Control Expert applications. In order to perform a conversion, you first need to:

To convert an application as a whole, while keeping the same PLC family and selection of application parts or remapping of I/O objects is not needed, you have to use the PL7 Application Converter directly via the Control Expert menu File → Open.

To convert an application partially and/or the PLC family must be changed or remapping of I/O objects is needed, use the conversion wizard via the Control Expert menu Tools → Convert Partially.

For detailed information, refer to chapter Conversion Wizard.

The PL7 application converter transforms the source files exported by PL7 ≥V4.3 into Control Expert source files. Conversion stops automatically if the source file is from an earlier version of PL7 than 4.0 or if the configuration has not been exported (version earlier than V4.3).

Conversion is:

If the conversion is automatic, the software generates a source file that can be directly analyzed using Control Expert. The application is imported automatically; after the Control Expert project analysis is manually started, the output window containing the list of conversion detected errors is displayed on the screen.

If the conversion is semi-automatic, the converter generates a source file and a conversion report file.

In order for the contents of the converted source file to be usable, it needs to be imported manually into an application. Following this import; the output window containing the list of conversion detected errors is displayed on the screen.