Post by kuuki on Losing focus of variable
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Hi. Does anyone know how to fix a problem with losing focus of a variable in FBD editor. Sometimes when trying to edit variable name, array index, etc. in network, editor randomly exits "text edit mode" and variable is replaced by text you were typing.
Last updated: 2024-03-26
Post by damian177 on Raspbery Pi and Calendar
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Hi, In my visualisation I have a "Calendar" control. I would like save day and month which will be clicket by operator on this control . forexample save in string array. How do this ?
Last updated: 2024-04-23
Post by damian177 on Visualization - table element
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Hi, In my application I use table elemnt with filled by STRING ARRAY. I would like to implement the following functionality : When I click on second row, that this row will be cleared. Anyone can help me?
Last updated: 2024-04-25
Post by mxj262 on FB having single input but initialized with Array
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Ok yes now the loop has stopped when I set sum to zero before the for loop. Why will it retain the sum value from the last call?
Last updated: 2024-05-06
Post by gcodejedi on The element of type 'VisuFbElemImage' could not be updated. Reason: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
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Hello, I am experiencing this exact same issue. Were you able to get yours resolved? If so, would you mind sharing the solution you discovered? Thanks!
Last updated: 2025-11-03
Post by eschwellinger on The element of type 'VisuFbElemImage' could not be updated. Reason: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
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check with the CODESYS Installer er if you are on latest Visuversion. 4.9.1.0
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Post by timvh on Modbus TCP & RTU with Control for Linux SL
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RS485 doesn't seem very logical to use in VPLC's in my opinion. I also don't know if this is supported.... But for TCP/IP, I think you still need to configure the Nic settings. See the attached png. In my case enp6s0. When changing this setting, restart the VPLC. What is really nice, is that you don't have to configure the IP address setting in Linux. By setting the Nic to a certain IP address in the CODESYS instance configuration, this is automatically done for you. I only tested this with EtherCAT, but I guess this works the same for Modbus TCP/IP.
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Post by timvh on Modbus TCP & RTU with Control for Linux SL
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It seems you have 2 network interfaces. Did you try eth1? Did you already configure the IP address for this interface in Linux? If yes, then maybe undo this. - or only set eth0 in the Nic configuration without anything else (so no IP address, because this is already set in Linux). For more information about the Nic settings, see (probably already read it?): https://content.helpme-codesys.com/en/CODESYS%20Control/_rtsl_obj_deploy_control_sl_configuration.html PS, if you only want to run CODESYS Control SL, you don't necessarily need the Virtual PLC variant. You could also install and run the CODESYS Control SL Runtime in the Host operating system. This way you should also be able to access the serial port and directly access all ethernet ports. Maybe this is easier?
Last updated: 2024-10-23
Post by hardcoder on EtherCAT Mailbox Gateway
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Hi all I found that in the last Ethercat master release (4.8.0.0) the Mailbox Gateway feature has been added. This would be useful for me to connect to a specific slave in my system, since its configuration software supports this type of gateway communication. Anyway I don't find usage information or examples. At the moment I tried to enable it in the ethercat master device settings and I configured with an IP address on the subnet of the ethercat adapter (i.e. ethercat nic configured with static ip 192.168.10.100 subnet 255.255.255.0, mailbox gateway configured to 192.168.10.30). I expected it would have responded to ping commands on the address but nothing happens. I am missing something?
Last updated: 2024-12-11
Post by timvh on Problem Reading Registers via Modbus from non Codesys device
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According to the documentation: https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/RUT956_Modbus You need to create a Channel to read 2 registers from address 143 to get the lattitude. It doesn't specify if you need to read it as a Holding Register or as an Input Register. You could try both. So in the Teltonika router, you need to enable it as being a Modbus Server. Then in CODESYS add an Ethernet Adapter, then a Modbus Client (Master) and to the Client (Master) add the Modbus Server (Slave). Set the IP address and add the Channel. The please consider that CODESYS doesn't update any variables when they are not used in the application. In the I/O mapping tab of your I/O configuration, you can set the "Always update" to enabled.
Last updated: 2025-03-08
Post by royw on Profinet library for C#
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Hi, I don't know if I'm in the right place or if it's even possible... I'm looking for a way to address a Profinet device with Record Read and Write from my own PC. I actually only need very few commands to configure our device. This means setting the MAC address and a serial number. We would like to do this from a C# program. Now we are looking for a library or something similar. Since you can do it from Codesys, I thought there might be a DLL or something similar that you could use for this. As I said, we don't want real-time queries of the cyclic data but only record read/write. Does anyone have any helpful hint? Thanks in advance
Last updated: 2023-12-22
Post by joanm on Programmatically change the IP addresses of the Modbus TCP slave devices
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Hello all, I am working in a project in which there are multiple Modbus TCP slaves. I need to be able to change the IP addresses of those devices from the HMI and I was planning to use the process depicted here: https://faq.codesys.com/display/CDSFAQ/Modbus+TCP+Slave%3A+Dynamic+Setting+of+the+IP+Address I can see the port number is what is used to specify which slave device we want to modify the IP address of. This said, can I freely set arbitrary port numbers to each device? I mean, can I set the first device to be at port 502, the second one at port 503... Any drawback or restriction? Is there any other way to reference to the device without having to change the port numbers? Thank you all in advance.
Last updated: 2024-01-04
Post by jens on Modbus tcp - channel
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Help wanted This is the first time i'm doing a Modbus Tcp project. I have some VLT with a extension module MCA-122. i'm currently unable to write to the VLT slave, but i can read from status word parameter=1603 and address := 16029 where the address is calculated from parameter is ((id x 10)-1). in the manual the functions that are supported are 3 hex, 6 hex, 10 hex, b hex and 11 hex. read holdin registers, write single register, write multiple registers, get comm. event counter, report slave id. i'm only using the Modbus Slave Channel is this wrong when trying to write to the vlt ?
Last updated: 2024-06-13
Post by davidbo on How to stop dhcpcd and use SysSockSetIpAddressAndNetMask to set address?
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It is stated: "Dynamic ip address, provided by DHCP, BOOTP, etc. Cannot be changed by SysSockSetIpAddressAndNetMask()" Therefore I try to stop dhcpcd and flush the eth0 like this VAR CONSTANT flushIP:STRING:='sudo ip addr flush dev eth0'; stopDHCP:STRING:='sudo systemctl stop dhcpcd'; END_VAR SysProcessExecuteCommand2(pszCommand:=stopDHCP, pszStdOut:=stdout,udiStdOutLen:= SIZEOF(stdout),pResult := ADR(Result)); SysProcessExecuteCommand2(pszCommand:=flushIP, pszStdOut:=stdout,udiStdOutLen:= SIZEOF(stdout),pResult := ADR(Result)); Besides losing the connection when flush occurs the CODESYS halts, seen on the display and I cannot see why, because I have lost the connection from my IDE. Why does the flush command halt the execution of the application?
Last updated: 2025-11-04
Post by swol on HTML 5 - Controls -> Change Content-Security-Policy settings
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Sorry for being late to the party... so it is not possible to use the webbrowser tool to display external websites in a visu anymore? As it is not possible to simply "adjust the ContentSecurityPolicyIncludeTrustedOrigins setting in the automatically generated webvisu.cfg.json file" as stated in the docs? We need to display data read from a Raspberry Pi (part of our computer network) in our webvisu. We used to do it by entering the Pi's IP address as the URL variable in the webbrowser element but now (I don't know since when, I'm new on the job) "The pageβs settings blocked the loading of a resource (frame-src) at 'IP address' because it violates the following directive: βdefault-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'β. What are the options for displaying the data?
Last updated: 2025-11-11
Post by ranadheer on Assistance for MQTT configure with external broker (Mosquitto)
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Hi everyone Am trying to make establish MQTT connection , where am using IIOT example for this as a demo mode. where i had given IP-address of of local Linux application as a 172.31.239.67 and port number as 1883 in the PLC_PRG itself, and preparing the publish message by manually as " this is from published message", and this should receive at the subscriber side. Aim: To make communicate external publisher to the CODESYS by using MQTT protocol. By any chance having reference documents about this implementation please share here. and suggest the process to make it possible. I had uploaded reference project file after updating address in th PLG_PRG, kindly assist to configure with the broker
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Post by rschwager on GVL to SHMem
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Hallo! Have some any idea to transfer whole GVL to Shared Memory? I also shared REATIN memory to shraed meory for making a Retain Backup System without USP in Linux on a FRAM. For an other Application we want to shared the whole GVL off obne part (e.g. GVL_Test). How cvan I get easy the Size and the Address for meory copy?
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Post by davidf on Error trying to activate the demo Git licence
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The CodeMeter Control Center log shows the following: 2024-10-11 21:02:13: Entry (6000437:8747) not found - Event WB0200 (ENTRY NOT FOUND), Request IP-Address local(IPV4) (SID 0xc079 / 0x00) with StationShare Mode 2024-10-11 21:02:13: API Error 200 (ENTRY NOT FOUND) occurred!
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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?
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Post by timvh on Reading multiple lines from csv file
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Not sure, but maybe before you enter step 5, set i, lineindex and charIndex to 0. And the buffer variable should have a size bigger than 1 line. Additionally I think you should set bufferstart to 0 before you enter step 5. And in the OSCAT function you always point to the buffer address, but shouldn't this be (buffer + bufferstart)?
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Post by morecoffee on Control for Raspberry Pi 4.17
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I am currently having the issue that Codesyscontrol only runs for 10 seconds on my Raspberry Pi 4. I believe the problem is because the MAC address range is of the Raspberry is 88:A2:9E:XX:XX:XX. When will Codesys Control For Raspberry Pi 4.17.0.0 be released to fix this issue?
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Post by felipemsgarcia on Generic EtherCAT slave
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Hello, Without much info, I would assume that this is an optional object on the EtherCAT network and it's either disconnected or the address doesn't match. I would look into the devices manual or contact the manufacturer for further assistance. And, I would have posted a new topic instead of using a non related one... Cheers!
Last updated: 2024-05-16
Post by xiaoyan on Generic EtherCAT slave
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Hello Well i need some basic advice. My protegoD drive is shown deactivated in the device tree. i can see its variables and other i/o in online mode but the device itself is deactivated. how can i address this issue. is there any configuration error.using ethercat link to connect to protegoD by Primo MC plc
Last updated: 2024-05-16
Post by rjonker on codesys mqtt publish serialization
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pbPayload is a pointer, which it expects to point at a STRING. If you point it at an address holding a different data type, it will just assume those bytes are part of a string and likely trundle along memory until it finds a null byte (0x00) that would normally signify the end of a string PublishMessage := BOOL_TO_STRING(boolVariable);
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Post by risele on dynamic modbus devices
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Have the same issue: I'm making a test setup for modbus devices testing and calibration. One is run for every possible address, and it starts with minimal request: if the device is found, it continue to work with it, otherwise it's set to Disabled temporary. Those state machines are running under FOR cycle, and disabled are just skipped. Every instance have its own timer for not running too frequently and a start delay, so the actual requests are separate in time. I also check not for a single error, but have some timer to allow one-two timeouts. The small program disables and re-enables devices temporary (manually, since i could not iterate over MB devices). VAR Reset:ARRAY[1..GVL_MB.MD_COUNT] OF R_TRIG; i:INT; END_VAR {IF hasconstantvalue(GVL_MB.MD_COUNT, 1, >= )} i:=1; MD_1.Enable:=GVL_MB.MDPortsEnable[i]; Reset[i](CLK:=GVL_MB.MDPortsEnable[i]); MD_1.xReset:=Reset[i].Q; {END_IF} {IF hasconstantvalue(GVL_MB.MD_COUNT, 2, >= )} i:=2; MD_2.Enable:=GVL_MB.MDPortsEnable[i]; Reset[i](CLK:=GVL_MB.MDPortsEnable[i]); MD_2.xReset:=Reset[i].Q; {END_IF} There is also program to re-enable devices periodically. METHOD ScanBus VAR_INPUT END_VAR VAR j:INT; (*block auto scanning if calibration is running for any device since it's data-reach process that should not be interrupted with modbus timeouts *) CalibrationBusy:BOOL:=FALSE; END_VAR CalibrationBusy:=FALSE; FOR j:=1 TO GVL_MB.MD_COUNT DO CalibrationBusy:=CalibrationBusy OR MD_Calibrate.AutoTesters[j].xBusy; END_FOR; IF CalibrationBusy THEN RETURN; END_IF tBusScanSchedule(IN:=(NOT tBusScanSchedule.Q), PT:=tBusScanPeriod); IF (NOT tBusScanDelayer.Q) AND (tBusScanSchedule.Q OR (NOT xFirstScanPerforemed)) THEN xBusScanBusy:=TRUE; MissingCounter:=0; xFirstScanPerforemed:=TRUE; FOR j:=1 TO GVL_MB.MD_COUNT DO (* MD_Calibrate is main calibration program. Identifiers - is array of State machines mentioned above Phase_Faulted is a state of Identifiers where I'm sure device is missing on the bus *) IF MD_Calibrate.Identifiers[j].state=eStateMDIdentifier.Phase_Faulted THEN MD_Calibrate.Identifiers[j].Rescan(); MissingCounter:=MissingCounter+1; END_IF END_FOR END_IF tBusScanPauser(IN:=tBusScanDelayer.Q AND (MissingCounter>0),PT:=tBusScanDelay*MissingCounter); xBusScanBusy:=tBusScanPauser.Q; xFirstScanPerforemed:=xFirstScanPerforemed OR tBusScanPauser.ET>=tBusScanPauser.PT; Also the GUI have buttons for each address possible that re-enables the device if required.
Last updated: 2026-02-13
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