If the application you are importing contains any direct driver nodes, the import wizard will create one RSLinx topic for each direct driver node it finds. All topics are then converted into device shortcuts, to run with FactoryTalk Linx. You must have both RSLinx Classic and FactoryTalk Linx installed to make this two-step conversion.
To create topics after import, follow these steps in RSLinx Classic before importing the application.
If these steps are not done in this order, the topics generated by the import code will be invalid and will need to be fixed using the Topic Editor in RSLinx Classic.
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