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In this paragraph you will learn how to import data from ETS4 into the KNX connection in the Editor.
1.Start Editor.
2.Open your project and add the KNX driver into your project by drag and drop.
3.Highlight the KNX component and open the data point list either by double click or via the the properties window.

4. Open the "ETS4 Import" by clicking the green ETS4-Icon.

5. The import is done in 3 steps.
Step 1 
Select the ETS4 project file, which you have to export from the ETS4. Select the project file you want to import with a double-click.
Note: The project can not be password protected.
Step 2
Select the desired project. In most cases, the only existing project is automatically selected . This selection dialog is prepared for future extensions of ETS4 export function.
Step 3 
Indicator which group address notation is used: 2- or 3-stage representation or free group address structure.
With the check mark "Overwrite manually changed data point types (EIS types)" it can be defined that data point types manually set in the data point list may not be overwritten. This may be necessary for a new import. Normally this check mark is not activated. The data types are then adopted as set in the ETS.
Note: For all non-sending group addresses (central 00x), the data types are always overwritten. The "Type locked" property in the data point list has no function for these data points.
If you already set the data point types for the objects/group addresses correctly in the ETS, then these are automatically adopted correctly with each import within the data point list. This is useful, for example, for data from consumption meters or weather stations.
When using KNX devices with collective objects, e.g. with KNX tableaux or dummy applications, it is necessary to solve the concatenation of the addresses in the communication object. For this purpose, an additional dummy address is created in the first position of the communication object. This is not used for any other function. All other addresses are automatically created in the data point list as so-called "central addresses" and can be used normally for linking.
Confirm the dialog by clicking on "Close dialog and import data".
During the import a result window is displayed. Import errors, warnings and information are listed here. This information is also stored in a log file. For example, the devices that do not contain any group addresses are listed.
Confirm the dialog with OK.
The ETS data is now automatically imported into the EisBaer editor and displayed in the data point list.