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Table of contents

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Security information .................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 General introduction.................................................................................................................. 6
2 Operating the LOGO! Access Tool .......................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Prerequisite ............................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Install LOGO! Access Tool ....................................................................................................... 7
2.3 LOGO! Access Tool Menu ......................................................................................................10
2.3.1 Log In Panel ............................................................................................................................11
2.3.2 Configure Panel ......................................................................................................................12
2.3.3 About Panel ............................................................................................................................14
2.4 Get LOGO! Variable Value .....................................................................................................15
2.5 Uninstall the LOGO! Access Tool ...........................................................................................19
3 Reinstall the LOGO! Access Tool .......................................................................................................... 21
Index..................................................................................................................................................... 23

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1.1 Security information
Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the
secure operation of plants, systems, machines and networks.
In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is
necessary to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial
security concept. Siemens' products and solutions constitute one element of such a concept.
Customers are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their plants, systems,
machines and networks. Such systems, machines and components should only be
connected to an enterprise network or the internet if and to the extent such a connection is
necessary and only when appropriate security measures (e.g. firewalls and/or network
segmentation) are in place.
For additional information on industrial security measures that may be implemented, please
visit (http://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity).
Siemens' products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more
secure. Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are
available and that the latest product versions are used. Use of product versions that are no
longer supported, and failure to apply the latest updates may increase customers' exposure
to cyber threats.
To stay informed about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS
Feed under (http://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity).

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1.2 General introduction

1.2 General introduction

LOGO! Access Tool is an add-in for Excel. It connects to LOGO! Base Module through
HTTP.
LOGO! Access tool provides the following features:
● Set data synchronization period
● Show history data
● Start or stop the data synchronization
● Get value of LOGO! Variables such as I, O and M
● Record all variables values and save them in log files

Compatibility
LOGO! Access Tool supports the following excel versions and LOGO! Base Modules:
● Office Excel 2007, 2010, 2013 (both 32-bit version, and 64-bit version)
● LOGO! 8 Standard, LOGO! 8. FS4 and later version

Document History
The following editions of LOGO! Access Tool have been published:

Edition Version Comment

07/2016 V1.0.0 First edition
05/2017 V1.0.1 Second edition
11/2017 V2.0.0 Third edition

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2.1 Prerequisite

Note
You can only use LOGO! Access Tool in Local Network with a firewall.
In current version, LOGO! Access Tool only supports one BM connection.

Before using LOGO! Access Tool, make sure that you meet the following requirements:
● Install LOGO! Access Tool in Microsoft Excel.
● Connect your PC to the target LOGO! Base Module.
● Enable the Web server access through LOGO!Soft Comfort. On how to enable the Web
server access, refer to LOGO!Soft Comfort Online Help.

2.2 Install LOGO! Access Tool

Before starting working with LOGO! Access Tool, you need to install it first.
1. Copy LOGO!AccessTool.xlam to your computer.

2. Start Excel.
3. On the File menu, point to Options, and then click Add-Ins.

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4. In the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins, and then click Go… button.

5. In the "Add-Ins available" pane, click Browse… button.

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6. Browse to the folder which you save "LOGO! Access Tool" in step one and select the
tool.

Result: LOGO! Access Tool is listed in the "Add-Ins available" pane and its check box is
automatically selected.
7. Click OK.

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2.3 LOGO! Access Tool Menu

After installing LOGO! Access Tool successfully, click the toolbar Add-Ins, and then LOGO!
Access Tool menu is displayed as follows.

LOGO! Access Tool menu consists of two options:

● Start/Stop: you can use it to start or stop data synchronization.
● LOGO! Access Tool: click it and a drop-down menu appears. This drop-down menu
includes Log In Panel, Configure Panel and About Panel.

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2.3.1 Log In Panel

After installing LOGO! Access Tool, log in according to the following steps:
1. Click Log In in the drop-down list of LOGO! Access Tool menu.

2. Enter IP address and password of your LOGO! Base Module after a Login panel pops up,
and then select the check box Run when log in.

Note
LOGO! Access tool shares the same access control with Web server. If you have enabled
Web user access without changing the password, you can log in with the default
password "LOGO".

3. Click the Log In button.

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2.3.2 Configure Panel

In the configure panel, you can set data synchronization period and history data number
according to the following steps:
1. In the drop-down list of LOGO! Access Tool menu, click Configure, and then the configure
panel is displayed.
2. In the scroll bar of Synchronization Period, you can select one number depending on your
need.

Note
The synchronization period can be configured as the following numbers: 1,10, 30, 60
seconds, and the default is 1 second.

3. In the scroll bar of History Data Number, you can drag the scroll box from up to down to
select one number for the history data.

Note
The history data number varies from 1 to 100, and the default is 5.

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4. After selecting the number for synchronization period and history data number, click
button OK.

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2.3.3 About Panel

About panel shows the version information of LOGO! Access Tool.

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2.4 Get LOGO! Variable Value

Note
Make sure that you enable Web server access of the target LOGO! Base Module before
using the LOGO! Access Tool.

After logging in (Page 11) LOGO! Access Tool successfully, you can get LOGO! Variable
values by inputting "=LOGOVAR("id")" in a cell. Then the real time value of this specific
variable is displayed in the cell. The variable value updates according to the data
synchronization period you set in the configure panel.

"id" means the identification for LOGO! variables. It consists of variable type and valid index.
For one dimensional variables, there is only one index, for example: Q1, AI1, VW0. LOGO!
also supports multiple dimensional variables which have multiple index, for example: SR1.1.

Note
When you input an invalid or unsupported id for LOGO!, LOGO! Access Tool cannot return
data. The following table shows the variables that can be got with LOGO! Access Tool.

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Variable Variable Valid Index Remarks Example Example

Type

Min Max
BM working STATUS N/A N/A Offline
status Connecting
Stop
Running
Recovering
Invalid Status
Show the Time TIME N/A N/A The time format is YYYY- =LOGOVAR("TIME")
MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Flag M 1 64 =LOGOVAR("M1")
Analog flags AM 1 64 =LOGOVAR("AM1")
Digital Outputs Q 1 20 =LOGOVAR("Q1")
Analog outputs AQ 1 8 =LOGOVAR("AQ1")
Digital Inputs I 1 24 =LOGOVAR("I1")
Cursor keys Cur 1 4 =LOGOVAR("CUR1")
LOGO! TD F 1 4 =LOGOVAR("F1")
Function keys
Shift register SR 1 4 The first dimension ad- =LOGOVAR("SR1.1")
bits dresses index of SR
1 8 The second dimension =LOGOVAR("SR4.8")
addresses index of SR
Network inputs NI 1 64 =LOGOVAR("NI1")
Analog Inputs AI 1 8 =LOGOVAR("AI1")
Network analog NAI 1 32 =LOGOVAR("NAI1")
inputs
Network outputs NQ 1 64 =LOGOVAR("NQ1")
Network analog NAQ 1 16 =LOGOVAR("NAQ1")
outputs
Variable VB 0 850 The first dimension ad- =LOGOVAR("VB0.0")
Memory (In Bit) dresses index of VB
(LOGO! 8.FS4 0 7 The second dimension =LOGOVAR("VB89.7")
and the later address index of VB
version)
Variable VB 0 850
Memory (In
Byte)
Variable VW 0 849 The index is counted by =LOGOVAR("VW0")
Memory (In Byte. It will try to reinter-
Words) pret the byte and its next
byte as a big-endian word.
Variable VD 0 847 The index is counted by =LOGOVAR("VD0")
Memory (In Byte. It will try to reinter-
Double Words) pret the byte and its next
3 bytes as a big -endian
double word.

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LOGOVAR combinations
You can use the following combinations to set the data format by adding them after the
function LOGOVAR. For example, input "=LOGOVARS("AI")" in a cell, you can get signed
value for AI.

Format letter Description Data Log letter Description

S Show signed value L Write the value to data log
U Show unsigned value
B Show binary value
H Show hexadecimal value
The default is unsigned The default is that the value is not writ-
value ten in data log

You can use combination L together with S, H or B. For example, when you input
"=LOGOVARSL("AI1")", you can get a log file with signed value of AI1.
Whether you input L before or after S/H/B, you get the same output for
"=LOGOVARSL("AI1")" and "=LOGOVARLS("AI1")".

Trend direction (TR/TD)

You can add the argument of trend direction after LOGOVAR combination and this argument
is optional. "TR" means that history data is shown on the right of the cell where the formula
"=LOGOVAR("id") is placed. "TD" means the history data is shown on the downside of the
cell where the formula is placed. For example, LOGOVARS( id, "TR") means the signed
value and history data is shown on the right of the cell.

Generate log files with LOGOVARL

To generate log files for a variable, input "=LOGOVARL("id")" in a cell. The log file updates
according to the data synchronization period you set in the configure panel.
● Log files are saved as csv files. The file name is composed of three parts: the excel file
name, IP of the connected BM, and the time stamp. For example,
Test_192.168.0.1_20160406080001.
● Log files are saved in the parent folder of the working excel. If you haven't save the excel
yet or the parent folder cannot be saved, the log files are saved in the My document
folder of the Windows active user.

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● If you use LOGOVARL for multiple variables, their log files are saved in different columns
of one csv file. See an example of log file as follows.

● You can add a suffix (@ serial number) to sort your variables in the log files. For example,
if you have five variables in your working excel, you input them as
LOGOVARL("Flag1@1"), LOGOVARL("I1@2"), LOGOVARL("Q1@3"),
LOGOVARL("SR2.5@4"), LOGOVARL("F5@5"). Then the variables are listed in your log
files as Flag1, I1, Q1, SR2.5, F5. The default serial number is 0.

Note
Capacity of LOGO! Access Tool
A csv file has a maximum of 20000 lines. LOGO! Access Tool will automatically write to a
new log file when a log file is full.
You can have up to 500 log files in a folder. When the limitation is reached, your old log files
will be removed in chronological order.
LOGO! 8 Standard can only synchronize 72 variables for all supported types.
LOGO! 8.FS4 and later version can synchronize 75 consecutive VM or 7 discrete VM.
LOGO! 8.FS4 and later version has no limit for the other variables.
The variables which cannot be synchronized are returned as invalid data.

See also
Get LOGO! Variable Value (Page 15)
Configure Panel (Page 12)

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2.5 Uninstall the LOGO! Access Tool

Follow the below steps to remove LOGO! Access Tool completely from your computer.
1. Start Excel.
2. On the File menu, point to Options, and then click Add-Ins.
3. In the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins, and then click Go… button.

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4. In the "Add-Ins available" pane, uncheck the check box next to "LOGO! Accesstool".

5. Click OK.
6. On the toolbar Add-Ins, right-click LOGO! Access Tool.
7. Select Delete Custom Command.

8. Delete the source file LOGO! Access Tool from your computer.

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LOGO! Access Tool cannot work properly in the following cases.
● You move LOGO! Access Tool to another location.
● You update excel to a higher version.
● You use excel workbook in another computer.
For the existing workbooks can work properly, follow the below steps to update the tool.
1. Reinstall LOGO! Access Tool. On how to reload your LOGO! Access Tool, refer to Install
LOGO! Access Tool (Page 7).
2. Edit the links in your workbook.

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Edit the links in your workbook

Update the link to your LOGO! Access Tool according to the following instructions:
1. On the Data tab, in the Connections group, click Edit Links.

2. Check the status in the Status column.

3. Click Change source... and browse to the folder where LOGO! Access Tool stores.
4. Click the LOGO! Access Tool to update the links. The status of the source changes to
"OK".

5. Click Close.

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C
Compatibility, 6

D
Document History, 6

E
Edit link, 22
Excel Add-Ins, 7, 19

L
Log files, 15
LOGO! Access Tool, 6

M
Microsoft Excel, 7

U
Uninstall, 19

V
Variable specification ( LOGOVAR.....), 15

W
Web server access, 7

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