Post by clarenced on ERROR: Calling the program "AlarmStorage_Prg" is not allowed from multiple tasks ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Using codesys v3.5 SP21 Patch 1. We are using Visualization to display alarms. Other then the automatically created AlarmManagerTask, there is no code written to call AlarmStorage_Prg. Any ideas why we would be seeing this error in the log? The runtime actually shutdown. Not sure if that was caused by this error or not. 2025-08-03T02:45:35.444Z, 0x00001012, 4, 0, 0, * ERROR: Calling the program "AlarmStorage_Prg" is not allowed from multiple tasks. 2025-08-03T03:48:15.294Z, 0x00001012, 4, 0, 0, * ERROR: Calling the program "AlarmStorage_Prg" is not allowed from multiple tasks. 2025-08-03T04:38:11.557Z, 0x00000103, 65544, 1, 0, runtime received SIGABRT - system may be in an inconsistent state * We recommend a reboot of the controller now! * 2025-08-03T04:38:11.576Z, 0x0000010f, 8, 1, 0, #### Exception: SysSemEnter - Semaphore deadlock detected - owner thread died [tid:726740] - system may be in an inconsistent state. 2025-08-03T04:38:11.576Z, 0x00000103, 65544, 1, 0, runtime received SIGABRT - system may be in an inconsistent state * We recommend a reboot of the controller now! 2025-08-03T04:38:11.576Z, 0x00000001, 8, 260, 3, #### Exception: HANDLED EXCPT* <excpt>NonContinuable</excpt> in CH_COMM_CYCLE 2025-08-03T04:40:12.308Z, 0x00000001, 1, 0, 35, CODESYS Control shutdown... 2025-08-03T04:40:13.436Z, 0x00000071, 1, 0, 13, Webserver stopped 2025-08-03T04:40:13.437Z, 0x00000114, 2, 1, 0, !!!! Warning: task_signalhandler_exit [MainTask] lost cycles: 14809 2025-08-03T04:40:13.497Z, 0x00000001, 1, 0, 10, [UNLOADED] IEC|Dynamic: <cmp>IecVarAccess</cmp>, <id>0x00001007</id> <ver>3.5.3.64</ver> 2025-08-03T04:40:13.506Z, 0x00000001, 1, 0, 10, [UNLOADED] IEC|Dynamic: <cmp>AlarmMgr</cmp>, <id>0x00001012</id> <ver>4.7.0.0</ver> 2025-08-03T04:40:13.513Z, 0x00000071, 2, 0, 14, !!!! Warning: Unbalanced calls to WebServerRequestRunning/WebServerReleaseRunning 2025-08-03T04:40:13.513Z, 0x00000001, 1, 0, 10, [UNLOADED] IEC|Dynamic: <cmp>IECVisualization</cmp>, <id>0x0000100c</id> <ver>4.7.0.0</ver> 2025-08-03T04:40:13.611Z, 0x00000124, 1, 0, 0, Provider 'AddressSpaceFragment Provider' (version 0x3051500) unregisterd at the OPC UA server. 2025-08-03T04:40:13.611Z, 0x00000124, 1, 0, 0, Provider 'OPC UA for IEC-61131-3' (version 0x3051500) unregisterd at the OPC UA server. 2025-08-03T04:50:17.708Z, 0x00000001, 1, 0, 36, CODESYS Control shutdown done
Last updated: 2025-08-04

Post by bertcom on Converting each character to a string into ASCII ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Good afternoon, I have a project where i need to split a string and send it in ascii code to an Domino Printer. Concept: i get an String from an Zebra scanner looking like this : " R002043;5410761402862;Oil Plus 2C Comp.A - Gris Belge;1286193824;" To start is the ";" the seperator. i found some functions to delete the ";" in a string. this is okay but now i want to convert each digit in the string into ascii like this: R=82 0=48 0=48 2=50 0=48 ... This because the printer wants to receive a string like this: <esc>OQ001TE 82 48 48 50 48 ...<eot></eot></esc> Anyone who can help me with setting me on the right track with some advice?
Last updated: 2024-11-08

Post by bertcom on Converting each character to a string into ASCII ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Good afternoon, I have a project where i need to split a string and send it in ascii code to an Domino Printer. Concept: i get an String from an Zebra scanner looking like this : " R002043;5410761402862;Oil Plus 2C Comp.A - Gris Belge;1286193824;" To start is the ";" the seperator. i found some functions to delete the ";" in a string. this is okay but now i want to convert each digit in the string into ascii like this: R=82 0=48 0=48 2=50 0=48 ... This because the printer wants to receive a string like this: <esc>OQ001TE 82 48 48 50 48 ...<eot></eot></esc> Anyone who can help me with setting me on the right track with some advice?
Last updated: 2024-11-08

Post by eaglealex on Length of string and Array of bytes ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello! I have tried read a file to the string variable. But I faced a problem - there is about 2800 bytes of information in file, but string have a limit 2393 bytes. I made two variables with same address (for automatic convertion) - string[3000] and array of bytes[1..3000]. And I noticed that array of bytes contains all information from file, but string shows only first 2393 bytes. So I have lost information. Is there really such a limitation? Or I have an error in my program and Codesys 2.3 have no limit for such kind of conversation between string and array of bytes? Thank you very much!
Last updated: 2025-04-01

Post by mmpl on Array to String ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I would like to create one large JSON string from an array of objects, where each object contains a value. My current approach involves using a for loop and string concatenation, but with 20,000 elements in the array, this method takes almost 7 seconds and negatively affects the PLC scan time. Is there a more efficient way to accomplish this?
Last updated: 2024-07-18

Post by mmpl on Array to String ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I would like to create one large JSON string from an array of objects, where each object contains a value. My current approach involves using a for loop and string concatenation, but with 20,000 elements in the array, this method takes almost 7 seconds and negatively affects the PLC scan time. Is there a more efficient way to accomplish this?
Last updated: 2024-07-18

Post by timvh on Converting each character to a string into ASCII ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Nice puzzle for a Saturday afternoon :-). Here my suggestion: VAR sInput : STRING := 'R123'; byChar : BYTE; sOutput : STRING; i: INT; END_VAR sOutput := ''; IF LEN(sInput) = 0 THEN RETURN; END_IF FOR i := 0 TO LEN(sInput) - 1 DO byChar := sInput[i]; sOutput := Concat(sOutput, TO_STRING(byChar)); END_FOR
Last updated: 2024-11-09

Post by eaglealex on Length of string and Array of bytes ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Thank you for your answer! I know that 0 will be the end of the string. I checked it. There is no 0 in array of bytes. I made screenshots. There is array of bytes, aborted string and the result of my test via online converter.
Last updated: 2025-04-02

Post by rjonker on codesys mqtt publish serialization ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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);
Last updated: 2024-06-05

Post by rmaas on STRING conversions to DWORD ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, The '' characters in Codesys are there only to indicate it is a STRING type. They are not actually added to the string, maybe you are adding them unintentionally in the concat function? You can send your data from Codesys to Hercules to verify... Another option is to send the data as an array of bytes instead of a string, with every byte representing 1 ASCII character. https://www.ascii-code.com/ This way you are 100% sure Codesys is not adding any unwanted characters.
Last updated: 2025-01-31

Post by eaglealex on Length of string and Array of bytes ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Browser's bug... Sorry
Last updated: 2025-04-02

Post by andreag0 on How to access to variable value through symbolic string name ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
No
Last updated: 2024-06-13

Post by markushunter on Different behavior between the "Start" button in the IDE and the Cmp function "AppStartApplication()" ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
One workaround is to create a second application which is started after the rested of the main application. The second application starts the main application after time x and is rest after done start of the main application. No problems during the fieldbus re-start by this workaround.
Last updated: 2024-03-22

Post by wildcard on Modbus Client Request Not Processed ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi, does anyone has a solution for this issue. I've the same problem. I've implemented a very simple client based on the Modbus Examples and connected the soft PLC to a Modbus Simulator. PROGRAM ModbusClient VAR initDone : BOOL := FALSE; errorID : ModbusFB.Error; client : ModbusFB.ClientTCP; timeout : UDINT := 500000; replyTimeout : UDINT := 200000; aUINT : ARRAY [0..8] OF UINT; clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters : ModbusFB.ClientRequestReadHoldingRegisters; clientRequestsCnt : UINT := 0; clientRequestsProcessCnt : UINT := 0; ipAddress : ARRAY[0..3] OF BYTE := [10,54,0,72]; END_VAR IF NOT initDone THEN initDone := TRUE; client(aIPaddr:=ipAddress, udiLogOptions:=ModbusFB.LoggingOptions.All); client(xConnect:=TRUE, ); clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters(rClient:=client, udiTimeOut:=timeout, uiUnitId:=1, uiStartItem:=0, uiQuantity:=4, pData:=ADR(aUINT[0]), udiReplyTimeout:=replyTimeout); clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters.xExecute := TRUE; clientRequestsCnt := 0; END_IF clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters(rClient:=client, udiTimeOut:=timeout, uiUnitId:=1, uiStartItem:=0, uiQuantity:=4, pData:=ADR(aUINT[0]), udiReplyTimeout:=replyTimeout, xExecute := TRUE); IF clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters.xError THEN clientRequestsCnt := clientRequestsCnt +1 ; errorID := clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters.eErrorID; END_IF clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters(rClient:=client, udiTimeOut:=timeout, uiUnitId:=1, uiStartItem:=0, uiQuantity:=4, pData:=ADR(aUINT[0]), udiReplyTimeout:=replyTimeout, xExecute := NOT clientRequestReadHoldingRegisters.xExecute); When the system is running I do get the following on the logs: 2024-05-13T10:18:07.443Z: Cmp=MODBUS lib, Class=1, Error=0, Info=0, pszInfo= Client.RequestProcessed ClientRequest,16#0164ADC561A0 unitId=1 fc=ReadHoldingRegisters id=2070 state=Error 2024-05-13T10:18:07.443Z: Cmp=MODBUS lib, Class=1, Error=0, Info=0, pszInfo= ClientRequest,16#0164ADC561A0 unitId=1 fc=ReadHoldingRegisters id=2070 change state Error -> None timestamp=63843421226 2024-05-13T10:18:08.444Z: Cmp=MODBUS lib, Class=1, Error=0, Info=0, pszInfo= ClientRequest,16#0164ADC561A0 unitId=1 fc=ReadHoldingRegisters id=2071 change state None -> Init timestamp=63844421420 2024-05-13T10:18:09.444Z: Cmp=MODBUS lib, Class=1, Error=0, Info=0, pszInfo= ClientRequest,16#0164ADC561A0 unitId=1 fc=ReadHoldingRegisters id=2071 change state Init -> Error timestamp=63845421675 But the errorID is jumping between OK and RequestNotProcessed. Any help is very appreciated which gives me a hint what I'm doing wrong. Thanks
Last updated: 2024-05-13

Post by drml on Array to String ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
If a size is not specified, CODESYS allocates 80 characters by default for a string. After 7 seconds, does your Json_string contain all of your 20000 key/values? Or is the result truncated to 80 characters?
Last updated: 2024-07-19

Post by mmpl on Array to String ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi Thank you for you reply. Yes I can concatenat longer string. I am using string_Util_Intern libraray for concat. The issue is abot plc performance. It takes 7 second. I am looking to improve time.
Last updated: 2024-07-23

Post by ph0010421 on How to manage variable types larger than 64 bits - Ethernet/IP ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
So it's currently mapped to an array of BYTES? Can you create a UNION? TYPE sBytesString : UNION AsBytes: ARRAY[0..127] OF BYTE; AsString: STRING(128); END_UNION END_TYPE Map it to the bytes, read it in the STRING!
Last updated: 2024-09-23

Post by bertcom on STRING conversions to DWORD ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Good afternoon. I want to communicate with a Domino Industrial Printer using its Codenet protocol. The printer wants a series of Hexadecimal characters with no spaces or '00' characters. Because of that i chose the option to make the prefix and subfix for my code in a string. I have variable data in another string. With a complete program of a lot of CONCAT functions i eventually get the format of code that the printer accepts ( tested it with the hercules tool). Hercules String : 1B4F513030311B7532626C61636B04 The problem is : Codesys adds automatically 'code' to the code to show it is a string. Codesys string : '1B4F513030311B7532626C61636B04' The printer does not understand this. My idea is to convert the string datatype to an LWORD. I have no idea how to do this. I random types in STRING_TO_DWORD, as return i get 0. That didn't worked. Also on internet the explenations around string converting in codesys are very limited. If there in anyone who can explain me how to do it, i would appreciate it a lot ! Thank you!
Last updated: 2025-01-29

Post by trusty-squire on STRING conversions to DWORD ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I don't fully understand the issue, but if the encoding is a problem you can try testing with WSTRING datatype instead of STRING. https://content.helpme-codesys.com/en/CODESYS%20Development%20System/_cds_datatype_wstring.html
Last updated: 2025-01-30

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 tvm on Timer On Vijeo ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Vijeo doesn't support TIME variables, so the easiest thing to do is convert to a STRING in your program, and use that variable. You could use TimeAsString:= TIME_TO_STRING(TimeVar) to get a string that looks like this: T#5h10m45s200ms
Last updated: 2024-05-07

Post by peterned on Array to String ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
max. string length in Codesys is 255 chars. It's not possible to cram 20,000 things in a string. If you need to send the data to another device, send the whole data[] array (as byte array, without doing anything to it) and extract the information on the other end. As each struct member has a fixed size (81 bytes, as per you declaration), this will be easy. To save some resources, consider declaring string lengths - e.g. if the max possible length for key is 10 chars, declare it key: STRING(10); and it will occupy 11 bytes instead of 81
Last updated: 2024-07-20

Post by amy123 on JSON Utilities ENUM to STRING ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, Is it possible to get the string returned from the ENUM JSONType? I read that with regular enumerations you can add '{attribute 'to_string'}' and access it. However, this is from the compiled library, so I can not add that attribute. When I try to use TO_STRING(JSONType) it returns the integer as a string. Ex. jsonType :=TO_STRING(pJSONData^._aJSONData[i].eType); gives '8' instead of NONE Thanks!
Last updated: 2024-12-09

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 simover on TCP/IP client ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I want to send a string to a tics TCP/IP server. I got i working with the Net Base lib. for communication good with this tcis i need to by array of byte I want to include a string in the third position of the array TCIS_Send[1] :=254; //this valus is fix for evry communication TCIS_Send[2] :=80; //this valus is fix for evry communication TCIS_Send[3] := ; here I put my and my string is lik this 5806509-DRAP10#AB#3452302073 TCIS_Send[4] :=252; //this valus is fix for evry communication
Last updated: 2023-12-18

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