## Symbol File

The External device symbol file contains the symbols and variables of the equipment configuration tool.

BLUE supports the following configuration tools:

Manufacturer | Driver | File Type | Supported Devices
Beckhoff Automation GmbH | Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS/AMS | TwinCAT TPY File (.tpy) | Supported Devices
CoDeSys Automation Alliance | CoDeSys V3 Ethernet | SoMachine Symbol File (.XML) | Supported Devices
SoMachine Motion Symbol File (.XML) | Supported Devices
OMRON Corporation | CS/CJ/NJ Series EtherNet/IP | Omron Clipboard Copy Symbols (.TXT) | Supported Devices
OPC Foundation | OPC UA Connection | - | Supported Devices
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | EtherNet/IP | Rockwell L5K File (.L5K) | Supported Devices
Rockwell CSV File (.CSV) | Supported Devices
Schneider Electric SA | Modbus SIO Master | SoMachine Basic File only MODBUS (.SMBP) | Supported Devices
Modbus TCP Master | SoMachine Basic File only MODBUS (.SMBP) | Supported Devices
XVM Unity-Pro File (.XVM) XSY Unity-Pro File (.XSY) XVM EcoStruxure Control Expert File (.XVM) XSY EcoStruxure Control Expert File (.XSY) | Supported Devices
PacDrive | SoMachine Motion Symbol File (.XML) PacDrive EPAS-4 Symbol File (.SYM_XML) | Supported Devices
Machine Expert Network | SoMachine Symbol File (.XML) | Supported Devices
SoMachine Motion Symbol File (.XML) | Supported Devices
Siemens AG | TIA Portal Ethernet | Project file (.ap**) | Supported Devices

For symbol import procedures, see the following.

Importing Symbols from External devices