Find DST dialog

The Find DST dialog allows you to generate a list of the following information:

Device Signal Tag (DST) names from complete or partial names specified with wildcard patterns
FOUNDATION fieldbus device names from complete or partial names specified with wildcard patterns (optional)
The placeholder paths of the physical addresses from the Diagnostics hierarchy for each DST found

Name

Enter a complete or partial DST name specified with a wildcard pattern in the Name field.

A valid DST name cannot exceed 16 characters and may contain only alphanumeric characters, plus the dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), or underscore (_) character.

Use the asterisk (*) wildcard character to match any combination of 0 or more characters; use the question mark (?) wildcard character to match any single character.

Include Fieldbus devices

When selected, generates a list of FOUNDATION fieldbus device names matching the specified DST name.

The Include Fieldbus devices option may be disabled if you are running DeltaV Diagnostics on a remote workstation and its connection to the ProfessionalPLUS workstation does not support discovering FOUNDATION fieldbus device names.

DST table

Matching DST names, optionally including FOUNDATION fieldbus device names, and the placeholder paths of the physical addresses from the Diagnostics hierarchy for each DST found appear in the Name and Location columns of the DST table.

You can change the width of the Name and Location columns by dragging the divider in the title bar of the DST table.

You can reorder the list in either alphabetical or reverse-alphabetical order by either name or location by clicking the Name or Location labels, and then clicking the up- or down-arrow that appears on the title bar of the DST table.

The Find DST dialog contains the following buttons:

Find Now

Initiate a search for DST names that match a complete or partial DST name specified with a wildcard pattern in the Name field.

Note

Clicking the Find Now button clears any items currently listed in the DST table.

Stop

Terminate a search in progress. The DST table lists any matching DST names already found.

Help

Open this online Help topic.

Copy

Copy one or more selected rows as tab-delimited text from the DST table to the Clipboard. You can select:

A single row by clicking it
Multiple rows by pressing CTRL while clicking each row
A sequence of rows by pressing SHIFT while clicking the first and last row
All rows by pressing CTRL+A

Select

Move the selection point in the Diagnostics hierarchy to the location of a single DST selected in the DST table.

Note

If a DST name is used redundantly, the selection point moves to the primary object or channel.
If a DST name is duplicated for an object under the Assigned I/O section of the Diagnostics hierarchy, the selection point moves to the corresponding object in the I/O Network or Wireless I/O Network section of the Diagnostics hierarchy.
If you select a DST with no corresponding placeholder in the Diagnostics hierarchy, the selection point moves to the nearest placeholder.

Close

Exit the Find DST dialog.