Post by patrik on Wish: CODESYSControl.cfg - again ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Really good post. I hope that it gets seen by CoDeSys staff. I often find the documentation lacking when it comes to using CoDeSys in more complex ways. If using standard "basic PLC functionality", then it's fine and functions are documented in a sufficient way. Once you go outside of that bubble then I find the documentation not enough. CODESYSControl.cfg is a good example of this. And why isn't more of this integrated in the IDE. like changing port of the webserver. Why is it hidden in this file and not accessible through the IDE. It feels like a layer of complexity purposely left in so you don't change it if you don't know what you are doing. Like the argument is if you have the know-how to find the file you have the know-how to edit it. I find the documentation lacking when it comes to more complex libraries too. Like the element collections library. there is parameters I still don't quite know what they do. I can't find any documentation about them. There is an example project to download from CoDeSys so you can see how you are supposed to set your factories up. I leave some parameters like it is in the example. Should I? I don't know. Does it work. Yes. But I could perhaps create memory leaks if I get something wrong and I don't see that until way later. In the create method of your element factory you have a function called __vfinit and you just have to accept that it works. Why can't I get insight in what it does through documentation? Don't CoDeSys want us to know how these work so we can't use them to accidentally break something? I find the error logging lacking too. I've had the CoDeSys service crash but it doesn't say why. I've seen windows noticing the crash but no error code was sent or error message. Also in my current issue where the application fails to start after power outage. I can see in the log that it fails to load retain in the application as one log entry and application failing to start as another. But why? Why does loading the retain fail? give me more information! Is it just a skill issue with me? I don't know. If it is then I'd still want CoDeSys to step up their game when it comes to documentation. I'm sorry if a lot of frustration comes though in this post. I really like the product and what I can do with it compared to other PLC brands.
Last updated: 2024-11-21

Post by docker on Webvisu client connection monitoring ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
can you send me some code snippets of the declarations and code need i am unsure of how to set the pointer to the correct visu client. Thanks i appreciate your help.
Last updated: 2024-09-09

Post by gatto on Profinet Exor connection drop ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
did you try setup two eth ? on ethO you set ip to communicate with pc, example 192.168.0.1 on eth1 ip to communicate with weidmuler I/O, example 192.168.100.1 note : ip need the same of ip setup under system setting of hmi.
Last updated: 2024-10-16

Post by fless on FB having single input but initialized with Array ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
with every call of the FB500 it keeps adding the INTs of the array to the sum variable. set sum to 0 before you start the loop.
Last updated: 2024-05-06

Post by canplum on Codesys 3.5.21 fails to copy file to USB ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Although I have set in /etc/codesyscontrol/CODESYSControl_User.cfg the [SysFile] PlaceholderFilePath.1=/media/pi, $usb$ PlaceholderFilePath.1.View=1 PlaceholderFilePath.1.Volatile=1 I am not able to copy a file to this directory defined by the placeholder. Neither SysProcess.SysProcessExecuteCommand2 nor SysFileCopy nor FileCopy is working. If I try to copy the same file to /home/pi all is working fine. I also can create and open a different file by using SysFileOpen. I don't understand why the system allows to open (create) and write files into that directory but doesn't allow to copy into it. Obviously there is a rights problem with the USB drive. I have already set the permissions to drwxr-xr-x 2 and the user to pi but without any success. With 3.5.16 I never had such an issue. Is there anybody with some hints how to solve that problem? Cheers, canplum
Last updated: 2025-05-23

Post by kporter on Codesys EtherCAT Driver (CmpEt1000MPD) can't set MAC address ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
EtherCAT is a point-to-point protocol so it doesn't need a unique MAC address. It would be very useful to set the MAC address to 020000000000, the standard address for this kind of application. (The important bit is the 02 at the start of the address, which means locally-administered MAC.) The stock Windows driver can do this for my i210 card. But the CODESYS CmpEt1000MPD driver cannot. The image shows the setting with the Windows driver. If I set all my customers' cards to this address, then I don't need to deal with this when deploying my application. A simple PowerShell script can be used to set the MAC address once when the NIC is installed and the driver is changed.
Last updated: 2026-02-09

Post by sumit on Not able to see input data coming from eip adapter on codesys ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello there, I have an eip adapter running (remotely) that is sending data back to eip scanner (running on codesys). I can send data from scanner (codesys) to the adapter but not getting the data back from the adapter. I have verified the incoming data on wireshark but I don't see this data in the codesys. I have tried local variable mapping and global variable mapping not variable values just stays at 0. Please guide.
Last updated: 2024-02-29

Post by srouse on Adding a Softmotion License to a Weintek HMI ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I am trying to add a Softmotion license to my Weintek HMI. The HMI is already licensed for Codesys and I have already purchased a Softmotion license as well. When using the License Manager I get an error saying the licensing info is not available. I am fairly new to working with Codesys so I am at a bit of a loss and there seems very little information online about troubleshooting this specific issue. I have attached the error message below. If there are any ideas of how to troubleshoot this better I would be happy to hear them.
Last updated: 2025-01-09

Post by ggis on Unable to connect to git remotes through Codesys. ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
When trying to connect to a Github repository in the Git remotes windows of Codesys, the user can be the account username or the account email, while the password is the Github token. (I know this is an old topic, but I lost some time figuring it out from the guides.)
Last updated: 2023-11-10

Post by bbm1995 on Camera RTSP Feed ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Can you provide some infos on what you did? What model is your camera and which protocols does it support? Is there a direct link to the feed? Does your camera prevent embedding of the feed (this was my issue.)? I had to use additional software (go2rtc) to be able to stream the feed from an ABUS TVIP48511...
Last updated: 2024-09-16

Post by mait-tim on Errors after moving from SP18 to SP20/21 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, Im running into a problem after moving from SP18 to SP20 or SP21. After the update I have an error with the TextFieldInmputHandler.VariableWritten which is implemented if de visualisation part of my software. The interface seems to have changed. I cannot find the new implementation. Does anyone know how to solve this issue.
Last updated: 2025-10-20

Post by mait-tim on Errors after moving from SP18 to SP20/21 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, Im running into a problem after moving from SP18 to SP20 or SP21. After the update I have an error with the TextFieldInmputHandler.VariableWritten which is implemented if de visualisation part of my software. The interface seems to have changed. I cannot find the new implementation. Does anyone know how to solve this issue.
Last updated: 2025-10-20

Post by bruceae on Special Characters ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, I am fairly new to the codesys environment. Is there a reference chart that I can look at in order to write special character in a string? The Special characters that I need to inclue inside the string are as follows; Null Bell Carriage Return I have a TCP_Write command that I am sending to an external device. In order for that device to function properly it needs to see the string with the null and bell characters as the header, followed by the desired command, terminated with the carriage return. Any reference sheet or how to write this in the actual string would be greatly appreciated.
Last updated: 2025-08-26

Post by manuknecht on High Cycle Times for SoftMotion_PlanningTask when using AxisGroup ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello all I am using an AxisGroup with the Gantry2 Kinematics to move a 2D-Gantry system. When creating the AxisGroup, the SoftMotion_PlanningTask is created automatically with a cycle time of 2 ms in my case. I realized that the maximum cycle time of this task can spike to very high values (up to 60 ms) at lower speeds of the motion, leading to synchronization issues and errors on the axes. The same behaviour - though not as drastic - can be observed with virtual axes too. Is this behaviour intended or to be expected? Can the cycle time or type of the SoftMotion_PlanningTask be changed to prevent these errors? Or is there another fix for this issue? I tried changing the cycle type to Freewheeling, which solved the synchronization issues, but caused an error on the AxisGroup after a while, reading SMC_CP_QUEUE_UNDERRUN. Thanks in advance and best regards Manuel
Last updated: 2024-03-07

Set Action after using input dialog ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set Action after using input dialog
Last updated: 2020-07-16

Set Profinet Master name by code ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set Profinet Master name by code
Last updated: 2022-01-28

NBS.TCP_Client problem with set communiacation ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
NBS.TCP_Client problem with set communiacation
Last updated: 2022-03-29

Get and set the runtime status ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Get and set the runtime status
Last updated: 2017-02-14

Set IO-Link parameters automatically ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set IO-Link parameters automatically
Last updated: 2021-01-11

Serial Communication - cannot set even parity ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Serial Communication - cannot set even parity
Last updated: 2022-06-03

Set boolean ==> with clock ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set boolean ==> with clock
Last updated: 2009-10-23

MODBUS TCP loosing set values ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
MODBUS TCP loosing set values
Last updated: 2017-12-22

Set gateway and default path ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set gateway and default path
Last updated: 2012-04-17

Set several bits in WORD ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Set several bits in WORD
Last updated: 2024-04-22

Post by lepewe4ka on Sysmac Studio to Codesys ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Could you send me an example? I would like to generate a data structure using XML files.
Last updated: 2023-09-20

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