Post by gseidel on Strange problem with the ‘MC_SetPosition’ function
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Hi Gustavo, can you reduce the problem to a project that reproduces the issue without the real servo drives? (You could set the servo drives to virtual and strip away as much as possible from the application.) If you can attach a project, we will have a look. Best regards, Georg
Last updated: 2025-01-10
Post by winki on Warning attribut no_assign
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Hello, I have two warning on my code, and I would like to understand why. C0540: Attribut 'no_assign' missing for the 'FB_MOdbusReadHolding'. The type of the variable clientTcp is set to 'no_assign'. In this FB, I have done: clientTcp : ModbusFB.ClientTCP; clientRequest : ModbusFB.ClientRequestReadHoldingRegisters; The error comes from clientTcp : ModbusFB.ClientTCP; I am using ModbusFB 4.4.0.0. Thx a lot
Last updated: 2025-01-10
Post by winki on Warning attribut no_assign
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Hello, I have two warning on my code, and I would like to understand why. C0540: Attribut 'no_assign' missing for the 'FB_MOdbusReadHolding'. The type of the variable clientTcp is set to 'no_assign'. In this FB, I have done: clientTcp : ModbusFB.ClientTCP; clientRequest : ModbusFB.ClientRequestReadHoldingRegisters; The error comes from clientTcp : ModbusFB.ClientTCP; I am using ModbusFB 4.4.0.0. Thx a lot
Last updated: 2025-01-10
Post by trusty-squire on Help with __SYSTEM.VAR_INFO
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Not knowing exactly what you want to accomplish, you can try to use VAR_INPUT MyVar: POINTER TO BOOL; END_VAR MyVar contains the address of your referenced variable, and MyVar^ dereferences it allowing you to access the value. If this doesn't meet your needs, could you add more detail on what you are trying to accomplish?
Last updated: 2025-01-26
Post by gatto on Removing a symbol from the IEC Symbols Editor grid
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Hi, I've never used Communication Manager, but I tried it and I saw that I can drag tags from left to right. If I click on a line on the right, it turns light blue. By pressing the DEL or CANC key (It depends on your keyboard language) I can delete the line
Last updated: 2025-02-12
Post by jeffersonhui on SP20 Visualization Element Dynamic Colors
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I am using Codesys SP20 patch 5 and in a visualization element, the "Color variables" section does not have a section to set up dynamic color values linked to variables. In a previous version (SP18), I get the option to add variables for Normal & Alarm state colors. Does anyone know how to get the dynamic color variables to work?
Last updated: 2025-02-19
Post by clarenced on Multiple applications on one device sharing variables.
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I am looking for an example of how to run 2 applications on 1 device that would have global variables shared between the two apps. In this case what I am trying to do is to have the main program logic run as one application and then have the visualization run as a second application. I find this https://us.store.codesys.com/media/n98_media_assets/files/000013-F/0/Multiple%20Applications_en.pdf, that talks about exactly what I want to do, but I can't find the download. The main reason I want to do this is for download speed. Right now it takes at least a minute to download our application to the PLC. A simple program downloads to the PLC in a very short time, but add visualization and the download time gets much longer. If I could download the program separately from the visualization I think that a simple program change would take very little time to download. I have tried create a GVL in the POUs view. This partly works in that both applications can see the GVL, but they each create their own instance of it and the variables are not shared between the two apps. There are ideas of using OPCUA but this raises problems with licensing and having to move any variable that needs to be shared into the Symbol Configuration. This adds a lot of management to keep this up to date. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks.
Last updated: 2025-02-20
Post by timvh on TargetVisu started in windowed or not full screen
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In your soft plc folder, there is a file called targetvisuextern.cfg. Open this with a text editor to change the settings. Remove the semi-colons in front of the lines to enable your custom window settings. WindowType=0 means you will get a moveable window. Save the file and restart the soft PLC to enable these settings.
Last updated: 2025-02-26
Post by cellohorst on File Creation Issue
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Nope! The file path is $$PlcLogic$$ and NOT $$PLCLogic$$. Otherwise a new folder ('PLCLogic') is created (at least with a linux rt - like raspberry or compute module) with the new file in it if you open the file with eFileMode := FILE.MODE.MRDWR. That is a bad bug that I'll report right after this comment.
Last updated: 2025-03-03
Post by lockupversus on High resolution displays with 150% scaling causes CodeSys IDE to be blurry
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What version of Windows are you using? If you are using older Windows, just upgrade to the latest version and use CodeSys IDE as usual. Nothing will happen. Some more complex options below. https://forge.codesys.com/prj/codesys-example/element-collect/home/Home/ https://store.codesys.com/en/mysql-library-sl.html Doodle Baseball
Last updated: 2025-03-05
Post by tvm on VisuFbFrameBase.SetInputPositionData: The element id for the input position cannot be determined
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This came up again today, so I'll post the fix for future reference. Happens with Schneider Machine Expert 2.2 and M262 controllers. Add this bit of code to a program called from the visu task //disable "VisuFbFrameBase.SetInputPositionData" log messages, which fill up the logs IF VisuElems.Private_Visu_Globals.g_ValueChangedListenerManager.GetListenerCount() > 0 THEN VisuElems.Private_Visu_Globals.g_ValueChangedListenerManager.RemoveValueChangedListener(VisuElems.Private_Visu_Globals.g_ValueChangedListenerManager.listenerForOnValueChanged); END_IF
Last updated: 2025-03-06
Post by trusty-squire on SysProcessCreate2 on Linux runtime
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Hi, I'm trying to launch a continuously running python script from Codesys and monitor the script status inside the Codesys runtime (running on a Linux enviroment). For now I'm testing with the below to emulate a continuously running Python script: #test.py i = 0 while True: i += 1 I'm able to successfully run the script using SysProcessExecuteCommand2 (I can see the Python process running in the task manager). However, this "freezes" the Codesys execution of the task - it sits on that command and will not continue until the Python script ends. I've proven this works by using the task monitor to kill the process, then Codesys continues on happily through the task. What I want to do is use SysProcessCreate2 to set up the Python script as a background task and monitor the process using SysProcessGetState. This always results in the error "ERR_OPERATION_DENIED". I know that I'm able to execute commands (as above), so my config should be correct. Is SysProcessCreate2 functional on a Linux environment? Is there something in the config file I'm missing? Here's my "working" code that uses SysProcessExecuteCommand2: VAR bTest : BOOL; sCommand : STRING := '/usr/bin/python3 /var/opt/codesys/PlcLogic/Application/test.py'; refCommand : REFERENCE TO STRING REF= sCommand; sOutput : STRING; refOutput : REFERENCE TO STRING REF= sOutput; result : RTS_IEC_RESULT; END_VAR IF bTest THEN SysProcessExecuteCommand2( pszCommand:= refCommand, pszStdOut:= refOutput, udiStdOutLen:= SIZEOF(sOutput), pResult:= ADR(result) ); bTest:= FALSE; END_IF And here's the code that always results in the ERR_OPERATION_DENIED error: VAR bTest : BOOL; sApp : STRING := '/usr/bin/python3'; sCommand : STRING := '/var/opt/codesys/PlcLogic/Application/test.py'; refApp : REFERENCE TO STRING REF= sApp; refCommand : REFERENCE TO STRING REF= sCommand; hResult : SysProcess.RTS_IEC_RESULT; hHandle : SysProcess.RTS_IEC_HANDLE; END_VAR IF bTest THEN hHandle := SysProcessCreate2( pszApplication:= refApp, pszCommandLine:= refCommand, ulFlags:=SYSPROCESS_CREATEFLAG_HIDDEN, pResult:= ADR(hResult) ); bTest:= FALSE; END_IF Here's the relevant section from the config file at /etc/codesyscontrol/CODESYSControl.cfg: [SysProcess] Command=AllowAll Appreciate any support or ideas. Thanks!
Last updated: 2025-03-16
Post by yannickasselin on Engineering IDE from linux?
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I have been running Codesys IDE in VirtualBox on a Linux Mint host for many many years without issues. I use it every day and it works great. I wouldn't mess around with wine. Would probably just be a waste of time. Codesys Go might be the future of PLC programming on Linux! Can't wait to test it.
Last updated: 2025-03-17
Post by peterkcontrols on Codesys Network driver install for Codesys Control RTE x64
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I am using Codesys Control RTE V3 Version 3.5.21.0 I am not sure what you are asking. Which hardware ID has the network interface card? I have ran ipconfig /all and attached an image. Let me know what other information I can provide to you to help troubleshoot this problem. Thank
Last updated: 2025-03-18
Post by eschwellinger on Codesys Network driver install for Codesys Control RTE x64
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Yes, either adding in the CODESYSContro_User.cfg because the driver will no longer appear in the list or type the name from the documentation in the configuration and when the gray check mark appears, the driver is also installed. It is just not selectable anymore.
Last updated: 2025-03-21
Post by timvh on library is not available
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1) In the library manager of your project select "Download missing libraries". 2) In the library manager open the "Placeholders" dialog. In here find the Placeholder which is not referenced to a specific library yet. Click in this line on the Library column and select the latest version of this library.
Last updated: 2025-03-24
Post by chocojun on CODESYS WebSocket Client (IIOT Library)
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Has anyone used a library related to websocket client? I will be in charge of websocket client in CODESYS, and websocket server in python. In CODESYS, I will use WebSocketClient(FB) WebSocketRead(FB) WebSocketWrite(FB) to configure the client, Does anyone know an example of how to use it? Please help me.
Last updated: 2025-03-31
Post by chocojun on CODESYS WebSocket Client (IIOT Library)
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Has anyone used a library related to websocket client? I will be in charge of websocket client in CODESYS, and websocket server in python. In CODESYS, I will use WebSocketClient(FB) WebSocketRead(FB) WebSocketWrite(FB) to configure the client, Does anyone know an example of how to use it? Please help me.
Last updated: 2025-03-31
Post by madskaizer on Exception when OPCUA datasource disconnects from Server
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We have similar issues, with crashing PLCs, but this ranges from 3.5.16.40 to 3.5.19.70. Which log made you confirm the exception crash? I am currently looking for evidence of what causes our PLCs to crash. Network stability could be an issue with latest security roll-outs like 802.1X and segregation.
Last updated: 2025-03-31
Post by sking on ModbusTCP/slave
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i can not find the solution, i have 2 modbus tcp slave and i want to know how to do when one is activated the other one is desactivated. that means when i run the project, with a bouton click on my web visu i can choose wich modbus slave i want to activate. can someone have a solution plz ? thank you :)
Last updated: 2025-04-01
Post by kevinm on Programmatically change Tappet on a cam
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I am considering using a SoftMotion cam and tappets to activate functions on a machine - for example, triggering a pneumatic valve. I need the ability to change the actuation point (tappet "X" location) from the HMI during machine commissioning. Is there a way to change the "X" value of a tappet programmatically?
Last updated: 2025-04-01
Post by benemenn on Type mappings in Datasource
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Hi! I am trying to achieve the same issue. Has there been a solution? I can create the mapping, and map the local variable, but somehow the object does not update. Furthermore, i have an issue where codesys doesn't let me set ReadWrite accesses to the variables in the "Type Mapping" place. The access will simply not be set. Has anyone ran int that issue?
Last updated: 2025-04-02
Post by imdatatas on Create separate repositories option not working in Codesys Installer
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Hello Everyone, Create separate repositories option not working in latest Codesys Installer 2.4.0 (Build 3545). It seems like a useful option regarding install the different versions of Codesys IDE on the same computer and keep in isolation from each other, but unfortunately it didn't work. I hope the Codesys team can fix this issue in the next update. Regards, Imdat
Last updated: 2025-04-04
Post by kevinm on Attaching Trace variable to Frame Configuration Variable
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Is it possible to show a variable from a Frame Configuration in a Trace on that Visualization? I want to pass the FB for an AXIS_REF_ETC_SoE_Standard to the visualization and display live axis data in the visualization. However, I cannot find a way to use a Frame Configuration variable in the Trace Configuration dialog.
Last updated: 2025-04-04
Post by jampid on PersistentVars and Webvisu Element
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Bonjour, est-ce que les espaces de noms des variables sont bien indiqu dans les commutateurs ? Je viens de faire un petit essai: OK {attribute 'qualified_only'} VAR_GLOBAL PERSISTENT RETAIN xBit1: BOOL:=1; xbit2: BOOL:=1; END_VAR Déclaration de variable dans le commutateur (et aussi dans un voyant pour le test) :PersistentVars.xBit1 Bon développement!
Last updated: 2025-04-07
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