Help
  • Explore Community
  • Get Started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
Notifications
Login / Register
Community
Community
Notifications
close
  • Forums
  • Knowledge Center
  • Events & Webinars
  • Ideas
  • Blogs
Help
Help
  • Explore Community
  • Get Started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
Login / Register
Sustainability
Sustainability

We Value Your Feedback!
Could you please spare a few minutes to share your thoughts on Cloud Connected vs On-Premise Services. Your feedback can help us shape the future of services.
Learn more about the survey or Click here to Launch the survey
Schneider Electric Services Innovation Team!

Data Files Associated with Menta

Building Automation Knowledge Base

Schneider Electric Building Automation Knowledge Base is a self-service resource to answer all your questions about EcoStruxure Building suite, Andover Continuum, Satchwell, TAC…

cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
  • Home
  • Schneider Electric Community
  • Knowledge Center
  • Building Automation Knowledge Base
  • Data Files Associated with Menta
Options
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Email to a Friend
  • Printer Friendly Page
  • Report Inappropriate Content
Invite a Co-worker
Send a co-worker an invite to the portal.Just enter their email address and we'll connect them to register. After joining, they will belong to the same company.
You have entered an invalid email address. Please re-enter the email address.
This co-worker has already been invited to the Exchange portal. Please invite another co-worker.
Please enter email address
Send Invite Cancel
Invitation Sent
Your invitation was sent.Thanks for sharing Exchange with your co-worker.
Send New Invite Close

Related Forums

  • Intelligent Devices Forum

Previous Next
Contributors
  • Product_Support
    Product_Support
  • DavidFisher
    DavidFisher
  • Sacco
    Sacco

Invite a Colleague

Found this content useful? Share it with a Colleague!

Invite a Colleague Invite
Back to Building Automation Knowledge Base
Options
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Email to a Friend
  • Printer Friendly Page
  • Report Inappropriate Content
0 Likes
1925 Views

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Trying to translate this page to your language?
Select your language from the translate dropdown in the upper right. arrow
Translate to: English
  • (Français) French
  • (Deutsche) German
  • (Italiano) Italian
  • (Português) Portuguese
  • (Русский) Russian
  • (Español) Spanish

Data Files Associated with Menta

Picard Product_Support
‎2018-09-09 09:25 PM

Issue

Description of the file types and file extensions in Menta.

Environment

  • Menta
  • Vista
  • Lonmaker

.AUT, .TLG, .MCB, .COD, .XLG, .ESP, .OPE, .OPC, .ESP, .BIN, .CHR,
.COD, .XIF, .MTA, OPDOC.GOP, .SPT, .BIN, OPDOC.SPT, OPDOC.TMP, .BPR.

Cause

Description of the filetypes in Menta.

Resolution

The following data files are involved when creating a Menta application for a Xenta 280/300/401 device.

  • .AUT Text file with application program source code and data including graphical block diagram.
  • .TLG The trendlog definition.
  • .MCB Macro block file (Group of blocks).
  • .COD “Machine code” file in ASCII format for downloading to the TAC Xenta controller.
  • .XLG The compiled trendlog definition.
  • .ESP Specification file with public signals, their attributes etc. generated by TAC Menta. This file contains input data to the OP configuration tool.
  • .OPE A file with an empty tree, i.e. an OP tree without a specification file. This is the kind of file that is created when the OP configuration tool is run from the program manager.
  • .OPC A mix of an .OPE and an .ESP file. This file is created by the OP configuration tool when it has been invoked from TAC Menta.
  • .BIN Binary file with OP menu tree data for downloading to the TAC Xenta controller together with the .COD file.
  • .CHR National character set file for downloading to the TAC Xenta controller together with the
    .COD file.
  • .XIF External interface file containing a standardized description of all network variables/ objects of the application program. The .XIF enables binding and communication with LonWorks nodes from other manufacturers.
  • .MTA Menta project file, which can include all files (all types mentioned above except for .MCB and .OPE) related to a certain application. Once a file (for example .AUT or .OPC) has been inserted (saved) in the project file, it can be extracted (opened) anytime as an .MTA file. The .MTA file can be stored directly in the TAC Vista database.
    Note:
    The .MTA file can be stored in the TAC Vista database even though it can not be compiled. An .MTA file which is not compilable will not, of course, be possible to download into a TAC Xenta device. It must be correct and compilable before download is possible. In addition to the files listed above, the following data files are involved in the creation of the .BIN file. These files are placed in a specific directory for temporary files.
  • OPDOC.GOP An ASCII file created by the OP configuration tool when the Generate command is executed. This file is converted to an .SPT file, which in turn is converted to a .BIN file
  • OPDOC.SPT Intermediate ASCII file generated from the.GOP file.
  • OPDOC.TMP Intermediate ASCII file generated from the.GOP file.
  • BPR The Network Neighborhood file, describing the TAC Xenta device’s surrounding network nodes and groups.

This information was taken from the TAC Menta Technical Manual.

Labels (1)
Labels:
  • TAC Vista
Tags (1)
  • Find more articles tagged with:
  • 5226
Was this article helpful? Yes No
No ratings

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

To The Top!

Forums

  • APC UPS Data Center Backup Solutions
  • EcoStruxure IT
  • EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert
  • Metering & Power Quality
  • Schneider Electric Wiser

Knowledge Center

Events & webinars

Ideas

Blogs

Get Started

  • Ask the Community
  • Community Guidelines
  • Community User Guide
  • How-To & Best Practice
  • Experts Leaderboard
  • Contact Support
Brand-Logo
Subscribing is a smart move!
You can subscribe to this board after you log in or create your free account.
Forum-Icon

Create your free account or log in to subscribe to the board - and gain access to more than 10,000+ support articles along with insights from experts and peers.

Register today for FREE

Register Now

Already have an account? Login

Terms & Conditions Privacy Notice Change your Cookie Settings © 2025 Schneider Electric

This is a heading

With achievable small steps, users progress and continually feel satisfaction in task accomplishment.

Usetiful Onboarding Checklist remembers the progress of every user, allowing them to take bite-sized journeys and continue where they left.

of