Post by mondinmr on Frustration-Fueled Feedback on Project File Management and Git Integration ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Good day, I’m writing this message out of frustration regarding the current way project files are saved as encrypted XML and single-file format in CODESYS. I find this approach to be quite tedious for several reasons: Limited Access to Structured Text: Not being able to access Structured Text (ST) externally makes it impossible to work with alternative editors like VSCode. Tools like VSCode are incredibly responsive and feature advanced systems such as GitHub Copilot, which would be a real game-changer when working with ST IEC. While CODESYS works well for small code snippets or debugging, when the codebase grows, switching to VSCode to boost productivity becomes essential, and copy-pasting between environments is a cumbersome workaround. Poor Integration with Git: This file format also makes it very difficult to integrate effectively with Git. I have tested the internal demo, but for advanced merges, it is unusable. Without properly formatted plain text, it’s impossible to leverage the vast ecosystem of external tools around Git that allow smooth merges in heterogeneous teams. File Corruption on Network Drives: I often work from multiple locations with shared network drives. When the development environment saves a file and something goes wrong midway (which can occasionally happen when using VPNs and network drives), the entire project becomes irrecoverable. There’s no way to cancel the save process, and the development environment freezes. This has happened to me at least four times over the past two weeks, and one of those incidents cost me an entire day of work. All of this is particularly disappointing because I truly believe that the libraries, runtime, and overall work done by CODESYS are exceptional. I find it fantastic that there is a platform allowing development of PLCs and control systems using OOP, which is a huge advantage in modern control engineering. I apologize for the rant, but this issue has been extremely frustrating. Best regards.
Last updated: 2024-10-15

Post by bruceae on Ethernet/IP Scan ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, I have a robot configured as a Generic Ethernet Module under Ethernet/IP Scanner. I can not see the change of state of the outputs coming from the robot on the codesys side in real-time. (The robot has it's own internal program that would changes the values of remote outputs 0-3 off and on). Also when I send data down to the inputs of the robot it doesn't transfer over as expected. As an example I'll send to the robot's input bit 0 a value of 1. It doesn't see that value change. However, when I write that input bit 0 back to a value of 0, the robot changes state and shows a value of 1. And if I change the state of a different bit, the other bits update properly, except for the bit that I changed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and if anything else is needed let me know.
Last updated: 2024-09-10

Post by mondinmr on Direct Pointers in IOMapping for EtherCAT with IoDrvEthercatLib.ETCSlave_Dia ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Using SDO, I can read the EtherCAT mappings and offsets from various registers like 0x1c12, 0x1c13, etc. When I obtain registers mapped in the PDOs and various offsets, I could technically access directly to the statusword, controlword, etc., if they are mapped. I have noticed that on IoDrvEthercatLib.ETCSlave_Diag I can find pointers to the input and output buffers. However, although the input buffer can be easily read by referring to what has been obtained from the SDOs, it is not possible to write to the output buffer, as it is overwritten in each cycle by the data from the IOMapping task. Is there a way, knowing an instance of IoDrvEthercatLib.ETCSlave_Diag, to obtain the pointer to the first data in the IOMapping? The offsets are identical to those of the PDOs, but obviously the data is a copy. For me, the cleanest thing would be to access the pointers on IOMapping, for DS402a devices to retrieve the key data and point them to internal references. I need to know this as, having developed our own motion library, I would like to simplify the initial setup by eliminating unnecessary and nonsensical mappings that can lead users to unnecessary errors. In the current version that we have been using for years, we have to map everything manually. I would like to pass only the slave reference to the FB_init constructors and eliminate the mapping.
Last updated: 2024-02-12

Upgrading CODESYS runtime from v4.7 to v4.9 using a bash script leads to lose the licences stored in the soft container ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Upgrading CODESYS runtime from v4.7 to v4.9 using a bash script leads to lose the licences stored in the soft container
Last updated: 2023-09-19

Post by nathant on Saving variable values on power cycle (RevPi Connect) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, this seems to be a known issue, but persistent/retain variables don't seem to work properly on RevPi devices. Is there a workaround to this? All I need is for a few configuration variables to be remembered through power cycle.
Last updated: 2023-12-03

Is there a way to Connect Visualization to a web that the buttons can be used using a mobile phone? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Is there a way to Connect Visualization to a web that the buttons can be used using a mobile phone?
Last updated: 2021-04-22

How to change list of referenced visualizations of a frame by programm? (NOT how to switch vis!) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
How to change list of referenced visualizations of a frame by programm? (NOT how to switch vis!)
Last updated: 2023-06-01

Python Scripting: How to detect and handle "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Python Scripting: How to detect and handle "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error
Last updated: 2023-08-16

Is possible to transform a .sqlite file generated by a Trend Recording object to a .csv file? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Is possible to transform a .sqlite file generated by a Trend Recording object to a .csv file?
Last updated: 2017-12-22

Ethernet/IP Symbolic Access to I/O Channels pass the EIP Device FB instance to another FB IN_OUT ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
Ethernet/IP Symbolic Access to I/O Channels pass the EIP Device FB instance to another FB IN_OUT
Last updated: 2023-08-01

Post by meldawltly on Excel to Codesys 3.5 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello everyone, I have an excel file that i want to import into codesys3.5. Any idea how and what libraries can i use? To more clarify i have a table in codesys and i want to import my excel file into this table/ Thank you
Last updated: 2023-12-11

Post by meldawltly on Excel to Codesys 3.5 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello everyone, I have an excel file that i want to import into codesys3.5. Any idea how and what libraries can i use? To more clarify i have a table in codesys and i want to import my excel file into this table/ Thank you
Last updated: 2023-12-11

Post by ton on How to create a stopwatch? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, i guess you want to make a hour counter. You need to store the measured value. Try to use a retain variable, but need a graceful shutdown, or save it your self. see https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Runtime/thread/278e325579/ Succes.
Last updated: 2023-12-12

Post by open on How to create a stopwatch? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Thanks everyone for your input, I am using persistent variables to retain the timer value after machine shutdown, and main task to be as low as possible for the seconds TON to be accurate.
Last updated: 2023-12-14

Post by nadim4114 on Control Runtime Toolkit ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi @andreal, Were you able to adapt a codesys runtime to your linux based device? I am planning on the same lines. we want to develop a small controller of 64IOs for our application. We want to adapt codesys runtime on our Arm processor based embedded linux boards.
Last updated: 2023-12-26

Post by reinier-geers on One project diverent devices ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Ive got a project with 6 Divices version 9. They use networkvariable to communicate. I whant to add an Extra. But that one is probebly verion 19. Should that be a problem ? i have to update the software to 19. But i cant update the devices
Last updated: 2024-01-12

Post by ben1 on HMI Pushbutton/Move Instruction ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hey mate, did you get to the bottom of this? If not, have you double checked the buttons are linked to the correct variables and/or performing the correct action? Have you tried always enabling the block to confirm false is moved to the variable if so?
Last updated: 2024-02-01

Post by gurkan on OPCUA array max length? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
2000 works. When testing with UA Expert there is a timeout from the OPCUA Server when trying to subscribe to the variable CPU do not seems to be to affected. The memory(RAM) however is building up
Last updated: 2024-02-19

Post by manuknecht on Creating softmotion axis dynamically ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi I was wondering the same thing. I managed to dynamically add an EtherCat Slave but I could not find out how to add a softmotion axis to it. Does anyone have an answer to this? Thanks in advance!
Last updated: 2024-02-21

Post by mattr on IFM CR711S Version Mismatch ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
New to working with Codesys, it appears my device library has a newer version then the hardware i'm working with... I cant seem to find a way to update the hardware, or downgrade my library to match them up. I get this error Anythoughts?
Last updated: 2024-03-03

Post by davidbo on I want to convert a WORD to a hex string like 15.432 to '3C48' ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I try with BYTE_TO_HEXinASCII but I cant get it right. How do I convert a word value like 15432 to the HEX text string '3C48'
Last updated: 2024-04-19

Post by timvh on Remote connection to ifm PLC & HMI ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Maybe also good to know that you could use the CODESYS installer to switch between gateways. - open the CODESYS installer - Select the (hamburger) menu - Select Settings - Select Services Then select the Gateway you would like to use.
Last updated: 2024-04-23

CNC - system goes to X=0 Y=0 before CNC file execution starts, how to avoid that? ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Thread)}
CNC - system goes to X=0 Y=0 before CNC file execution starts, how to avoid that?
Last updated: 2024-05-07

Post by culius on Official MQTT-Client: MAX_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE_EXCEEDED ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hey Guys, could you give a explaination of how to change the g_udiMaxPacketSize from 6000 to 100000 and g_udiMaxPayloadSize from 4096 to 80000 ? When I go to the library the parameter is not editable. I would really appreciate it :) Kind Regards
Last updated: 2024-06-07

Post by lmartin on Scripting - how to get the fixed compiler version from Project settings ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi I search the way to be able to get the fixed version of the compiler set in the Project settings via a python script. Anabody know how to do that?
Last updated: 2024-06-13

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