Automation Server 🇬🇧 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Discussion)}
The Industry 4.0 administration platform for users and operators of CODESYS compatible controllers
Last updated: 2026-03-18

Post by rcaponi on Codesys Control RTE V3. Remote Control ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, I would like to have, if possible, some clarification on this function. That is, I would like to understand if it is useful for managing, fom my development PC, the RTE runtime executed on a remote control. This is what the help says: Remote PLC: Opens the Remote Configuration dialog. By enabling or disabling the Control remote PC, not local option, you determine whether a PLC is used that is on a remote or local PC. Accordingly, the menu commands Start PLC, Stop PLC, and PLC Configuration refer to the local PC or a PC reached on the network. For the remote PC, specify the Target PC address, Port number, and a Timeout value (in ms) for the connection (Remote Timeout [ms]). But does this mean that I also need to install the RTE runtime on my development PC? Is it possible to have some more information? Best regards Roberto Caponi
Last updated: 2023-09-22

Post by john-ronald on Communication error (#0), logout performed,please check if plc is connected ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, I have the same problem. However I am using ethernet connection not USB. I can ping the PLC and also connect to it via Wago ethernet settings, but I cannot upload using the Codesys 2.3. My PLC is Wago 750-862. The detailed error is - " connect: Connection refused Write attempt from invalid socket. " Any help would be appreciated.
Last updated: 2023-09-11

Post by mondinmr on Jitter problems on imx8 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
SOLVED!!! In this imx8 max_cstate=1 in kernel boot parameters is not working! We found a workaround: #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdint.h> int main(void) { int fd; uint32_t value = 0; fd = open("/dev/cpu_dma_latency", O_WRONLY); if (fd < 0) { perror("Error opening /dev/cpu_dma_latency"); return 1; } if (write(fd, &value, sizeof(value)) != sizeof(value)) { perror("Error writing to /dev/cpu_dma_latency"); close(fd); return 1; } while (1) { pause(); } } This simple code launched before CODESYS do the same work! Now jitter is identical as measured by cyclictest!
Last updated: 2023-10-19

Post by pietrobalint on Retain / Persistent Variables in Codesys for Raspberry Pi ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi micik, I am not sure I am using well the code, because I checked the directory and there is no retains.ret file. Now I deleted the code from my project and the values are still works as persistant variables after ssh reboot it seems to me they retain as their previous value. So I am a bit confused, maybe 4.12.0.0 Raspberry Pi SL solved the persitent variable problem...
Last updated: 2024-08-20

Post by jinlee on Camera RTSP Feed ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, I followed your guidance and used go2rtc. There is a link generated from go2rtc I can copy into the web browser element in the visualisation. It somehow only appear within the software when it is running, but not on the webvisu. I want to display the camera feed onto the webvisu. My camera is reolink 810a which supports IP protocol. My project is pretty simple, just a web browser element with assigned URL.
Last updated: 2024-09-17

Post by aliazzz on Runtime licenses not detected => DEMO Mode 2hour ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi! After upgrading all my licensed runtimes to V4.14.0.0 (= RaspberryPi SL, LinuxSL and ControlWin x64 SL) I found out via the logfiles they all defaulted back into DEMO mode while all runtimes have a USB dongle inserted. So, my main question is how I can get the Dongle license detected? I use License Server 4.14.0.0 and Edge Gateway 4.14.0.0 on all platforms Any suggestions are welcome.
Last updated: 2024-12-15

Post by teichhei on The selected container ... does not fit your ticket ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Update, installed 3.5.19.70 with the same result. The error message is as useful as a chocolate fire guard. The container SN is in the 130-xxx range which should work. The Version, Chip, Rev number don't mean anything to me. There is no SD Card installed. I've also reinstalled a fresh Wago FW22 image, Deployed PFC200 SL and Edge for Linux, still the same result.
Last updated: 2025-01-09

Post by rmaas on TCP Server ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi George, I do not know what the problem is with the syssocket implementation, but when i read the forums it seems the Net Base Services library is the recommended way to go. There is another more extensive example here: https://forge.codesys.com/prj/codesys-example/plc-chat-nbs/home/Home/ I have just tested this example and it works very well, also with closing and opening the connection from hercules... good luck!
Last updated: 2025-02-20

Post by patrik on windows runtime crashes. ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Faulting application name: CODESYSControlService.exe, version: 3.5.20.30, time stamp: 0x66ebc91d Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000028010670e31 Faulting process id: 0x0x1F50 Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DB1BA284347B9C Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\CODESYS 3.5.20.30\GatewayPLC\CODESYSControlService.exe Faulting module path: unknown Report Id: d3ac6a03-667a-4d61-ab36-d2ae703fc252 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: My runtime crashes from time to time. I'm not getting anything in the PLC logs. This is from the windows logs. Can anyone help me understand why this is happening?
Last updated: 2025-03-19

Post by lamine97 on Issue with Timer-Based Increment Function in CoDeSys Ladder Logic (LD) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I am trying to implement a Ladder Logic (LD) function block in CoDeSys that increments a value A by B every T time interval. My Structured Text (ST) version works perfectly in simulation, but when I implement it in LD, it does not work. The ST code: PROGRAM ADDITION VAR_INPUT A : LREAL ; B : LREAL ; T : TIME ; END_VAR VAR Timer : TON ; END_VAR Timer (IN:=TRUE, PT := T); IF Timer.Q THEN A := A + B ; Timer(IN := FALSE ) ; END_IF;
Last updated: 2025-03-25

Post by yannickasselin on Dynamically enabling/disabling Modbus slave devices in runtime (performance issue with timeouts) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I would definitely try using the "Reconfigure" function block from "CAA Device Diagnosis@ library. https://content.helpme-codesys.com/en/libs/CAA%20Device%20Diagnosis/3.5.17.0/CAA-Device-Diagnosis/Function-Blocks/Reconfigure/Reconfigure.html#:~:text=This%20function%20block%20reads%20and,take%20effect. Although I have not tried it with Modbus, I had great success with EtherNet/IP, Profinet and EtherCAT. You can also have a look at the other functions in this library. There are useful functions to help iterate through all the nodes under a master node.
Last updated: 2025-08-12

Post by thomasrohnerch on Color Change for Symbols not working ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I have some Symbols from the Visualization Toolbox on my Target Visu on the Computer. I tried many Symbols, mainly Arrows. I'm able to control the visibility with condition e.g. "GVL.actual_testvalues.speed <= 0" But I can't do "Toggle color" with boolean GVL.b_toggle_color. Neither "TRUE" nor "FALSE" does change anything. Is this a known issue? I'm using CODESYS V3.5 SP19 Patch 5 + (64-bit). See attached file with more Version-Info. I'm currently using Style 6, Gradient axial 2, 3.5.12.0. I had the same issue with Default 3.5.16.0.
Last updated: 2024-02-08

Post by camilloo on Control for Linux SL on Ubuntu Core ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
(dhumphries) I followed your advice and tried it on Ubuntu Server. Was a good choice. Your material was also very helpful :). Thanks for Your help! I no longer have problems connecting to Ubuntu. However, I still cannot install Virtual PLC. I'm currently getting a missing path message: "C:\Program Files\CODESYS 3.5.19.60\CODESYS\CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL\Delivery\virtuallinux\VirtualControlAPI.py." It looks as the package: "CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL" was not installed. But, there isn't one in CODESYS Store or I'm doing something incorrectly.
Last updated: 2024-03-03

Post by vstrom on Recipe definition, how to have the Name string in current language? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I'd like to know if it is possible to have the "Name" field, in the recipe definition, language dependent. Something like to have the possibility to put there a string ID that will be add to the GlobalTextList. In this way it can be translated and when showed in a Visualization screen its value depend on the current language. Thanks.
Last updated: 2024-10-04

Post by gatto on Read codesys version in the codesys application ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
hi, i used another way declaration: pApp : POINTER TO APPLICATION; pAppInfo : POINTER TO APPLICATION_INFO; ProjectName : STRING (24) ; CodesysVersion : STRING (15) ; code: //library : // CmpApp // IoDrvEthernet // // Get Pointer to current application pApp := CmpApp.AppGetCurrent( pResult:= 0 ); // Get Pointer to Application information pAppInfo := CmpApp.AppGetApplicationInfo(pApp:= pApp, pResult:= 0 ); ProjectName := pAppInfo^.pstProjectName^ ; //convert codesys version to string CodesysVersion := IoDrvEthernet.UDINT_TO_IPSTRING ( udiIPAddress := pApp^.udiPSVersion ) ; so i think you need to convert your dwVersion in a UDINT and after convert UDINT_TO_IPSTRING
Last updated: 2025-01-17

Post by stuartjr on Webvisu IE Page Scroll Bars ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Is it possible to get scroll bars to show when displaying a web visualization in V2.3? I've got some big pages that I can scroll around when using the in-built visualization but when they are displayed in IE i can't seem to scroll around. All I can do it drag the window bigger onto my other display to get access to the extra area. I've also tried zooming the page out in IE but this doesn't seem to work at all.
Last updated: 2024-03-28

Post by yofi on Raspberry PI change tag only responds after stopping PLC ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Using V19 Patch 7 and 4.11.0.0 for Pi 4 Model B, My problem is whenever I change a tag e.g bool from true to false it will change in software but the pin will only go high to low after pressing stop PLC in codesys and same if i want to bring it back to high, have to login start plc change it and stop plc in order to change. any insight ? thanks
Last updated: 2024-05-25

Post by jami on Reading multiple lines from csv file ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, i am trying to read multiple lines from csv file with caa file library and oscat. I have wrote 7 lines in the csv with separation '$R$L'. In my "extracting values" part I check line feeds and chars. After that I convert my buffer to string with oscat but I'm only able to read the first line from the csv. No matter if I even change start position where I start converting the buffer, I only get the first line. Here's my code for the reading and extracting value parts: 4: (*Reading the file*) fileread.hFile := filehandle; fileread.pBuffer := ADR(buffer); filesize1:=SIZEOF (buffer); fileread.szbuffer:=filesize1; fileread.udiTimeOut := 100000; fileread(xExecute := TRUE); IF fileRead.xDone THEN iFilesize:=TO_INT(fileread.szSize); writestate:=3; fileRead.xExecute := FALSE; END_IF 5: (*Extracting values*) //here i check the number of line feeds and chars. It works WHILE i < ifilesize DO c:=buffer[i]; IF c= 10 THEN IF lineindex<=99 THEN lineIndex := lineIndex + 1; END_IF ELSIF c <> 13 THEN IF charIndex <= 1000 THEN charIndex := charIndex + 1; END_IF END_IF i := i + 1; END_WHILE // Here i convert the buffer to string and transfer it to filelines:ARRAY[0..99] of string[254]. trig(CLK:=BUTTON); IF trig.Q THEN fileLines[i2]:=oscat_basic.BUFFER_TO_STRING(PT:=ADR(buffer), Size:=TO_UINT(fileread.szBuffer), start:=TO_UINT(bufferStart), stop:=TO_UINT(filesize1)); i2:=i2+1; bufferstart:=bufferstart+80; END_IF If anyone has idea how to read multiple lines, it would be nice. Even if you have example codes that work, that would help a lot.
Last updated: 2025-07-18

Post by davidbo on Clean old license into an image SD ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
That might not be enough using CODESYS V3.5 SP20 and CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi MC SL version: 4.11 I deleted .cmact_license directory. I installed new license and the dialog box said it was done successfully, but in reality it was not. What more should be deleted 5:/var/opt/codesys$ ls -la total 1948 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Nov 17 12:29 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 30 2020 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100014 Nov 17 12:08 .Audit_0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100040 Nov 17 11:30 .Audit_1.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100062 Nov 17 09:18 .Audit_2.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66260 Nov 17 12:36 .Audit.log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 2020 backup -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2640 Feb 22 2024 bacstac.ini drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 30 2020 cert drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 17 12:29 .cmact_licenses drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 2020 _cnc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1000088 Nov 17 08:35 codesyscontrol_0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422521 Nov 17 12:30 codesyscontrol.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355 Nov 17 12:29 .GroupDatabase.csv -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355 Nov 17 12:19 .GroupDatabase.csv_ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 17 11:16 OPCUAServer drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 30 2020 .pki drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Nov 17 11:16 PlcLogic -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156 Mar 30 2020 rts_set_baud.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20736 Feb 22 2024 .SoftContainer_CmEmbedded.wbb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12445 Nov 17 09:06 SysFileMap.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1983 Feb 22 2024 .UFC_SoftContainer_CmEmbedded.WibuC mLif -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 646 Nov 17 09:51 .UserDatabase.csv -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 646 Nov 17 09:51 .UserDatabase.csv_ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17305 Nov 17 12:29 .UserMgmtRightsDB.csv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 2020 visu -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32684 Feb 8 2023 WibuCtxt.ctx
Last updated: 2025-11-17

Post by ewi04 on Git with visu ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
The problem (2) with the parent child conflict is resolved with Codesys V3-5 SP19 Patch 2 (Visu 4.4.0.0). The other issues unfortunately not.
Last updated: 2023-08-17

Post by vincentger on Raspberry Pi Control SL MC - Restoring License not working anymore! ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Running into the same problem restoring a Runtime 4.4.0.0 device on a now 4.8.0.0 device.
Last updated: 2023-08-21

Post by janderson on Ethercat scan for devices not picking up EL7041 as a softmotion axis ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
also my ethercat bus won't run.
Last updated: 2023-09-02

Post by fleaplc on FILE_OPERATION_DENIED ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
/var/opt/codesys/PlcLogic not work here, again FILE_OPERATION_DENIED. May I simply moved my files in /var/opt/codesys/PlcLogic or need some particular settings?
Last updated: 2023-09-30

Post by armall on USB <-> CAN, CANfox, Component CmpCANFoxDrv NOT loaded ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, I'm at the same stage as you. Wondering did you every get a solution?
Last updated: 2023-10-13

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