Post by willebro on "Distributed clocks are not synchronized, Rea time problem on hardware" ?
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https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Engineering/thread/632c29cb93/#8d94 The above comment is the best, but if you just want to see it work you can try disabling the distributed clock. It's not the right thing to do but it should resolve that error.
Last updated: 2025-12-16
Post by gseidel on Can't get SMC_SmoothPath to work
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Hi bertus, thanks for the additional information. Setting bAbort on a restart is not needed. Calling all FBs starting from the decoder up to checkvelocities with bExecute = FALSE and then giving a new rising edge on bExecute is what should be done. Do you also restart the Interpolator? (I don't think that has anything to do with the issue, but still...) Best regards, Georg
Last updated: 2025-12-23
Post by aniket-b on Scara3 kinematic robot error
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Thanks Georg for responding. I have followed the suggestion mentioned in the real time problem. However, it does not solve the problem. The weird part is, the robot stops at the same position randomly and it does not stop when I increase the speed of the motion.
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Post by aniket-b on Scara3 kinematic robot error
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Here I have attached the task monitor data. What is very weird is that I am using MC__MoveDirectAbsolute FB, when I choose Vel/ACC/Jerk Factor to 1.0 it run fine. It ran 10 hours without the issue. But I get the error randomly when I use factor as 0.5
Last updated: 2025-12-29
Post by blitz on Can't get SMC_SmoothPath to work
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Hi @bertus I have a similar situation: just like in your case I can see that rounding works correctly only for the first element, additionally in my case on a path made of lines where I am testing this every second line is skipped. The interpolator jumps to every second iActObjectSourceNo.
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Post by bruno-roth on Parker Compax3 controlled by Schneider LMC 201
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Hello, You could not run EtherCAT-Softmotion drives with LMC201 PLC. This Controller has an EtherCAT master but only to run simple I/O devices. You could not use this EtherCAT master on the LMC201 for Motion. Schneider PACdrive Controller use SERCOS and only own drives (LXM62 with Sercos) for motion.
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Post by eschwellinger on Deploy LicenseServer for Linux SL
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for the package you net to install 32bit support(to have the native timprovider availble to deploy) sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 Then native Safeplc and native Safetimeprovider should be available to install. Raspi yes - but there is no official package available till now and you need have a rt_preemt patched kernel on the Pi, then it works like charm
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Post by s1mon on Two OneWireMaster on one Raspberry PI 5
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Took me a while to work on this again. I testes today with a fresh setup and it works now. My OneWireCycle tasks runs for around 10seconds. I guess my mistake was that I put the cycle task for the OneWire Task to a too small number. Thx for the support!
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Post by eschwellinger on NO SIGNAL ON POWER_ON FOR STEPPER MOTOR
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Hi, how should that work? You need to download the example project and you need that structure of the project and one of the additional hardware sets https://forge.codesys.com/drv/sm3raspistepper/home/Home/ L298N or A4988, DRV8880. Important to have no GPIO in the project and have this additional tasks.
Last updated: 2025-11-24
Post by yohayr on Access Violation sherd memory
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Hi, once in a while I get an Access Violation exception in Sherd memory pointer. the strange thing is that I protect the pointer dereference and I get this exception 1 line after the protection. I added photos of the exception can someone tell me what is that about?
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Post by yohayr on Access Violation sherd memory
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Hi, once in a while I get an Access Violation exception in Sherd memory pointer. the strange thing is that I protect the pointer dereference and I get this exception 1 line after the protection. I added photos of the exception can someone tell me what is that about?
Last updated: 2025-11-25
Post by osande on Trend/trace data
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Ok, the problem is that the trend/trace system can't read function block instance data. The variables has to be stored directly under the program calling the FBs. Thus, FB variables to be trended/traced must be connected to variables declared in the program. Seems like a bug to me!
Last updated: 2026-03-13
Post by poliautomacao on Absolute movement controlled by an external encoder.
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Georg, the encoder's actual position was -208 because I moved it manually for testing, but I managed to get it working. Your information is correct; there was a parameter error, Kp was at 0. After I adjusted it, it responded as expected. Thank you very much for your help.
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Post by ilarioimi on Date Picker
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Hello, I am new here and need some help. I have added the Date Picker to a visualization page. The date selection works, but the current day is not highlighted. The date and time are displayed correctly by the system, which is set by default to βVisuElems.Visu_DateTime.DisplayUTC:= FALSE;β. Is there some project setting or Visualization Manager setting that I am missing? Thank you. Ilario.
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Post by kambel on IO Drive on C manual
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Hello, pls help!!! Is there a more detailed manual (for dummies) for writing your own IO drive device in C? Another question: how can I add diagnostics to the IEC IO Drive device so that a red triangle lights up in the project tree in the event of a malfunction?
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Post by fabrp on CPU + EtherCAT redundancy
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Hi TimvH, thanks for feedback. I also test the redundancy with Wago PFC 8212 but when I did it (firmware 28) it was not so much stable..Did you have some issue on master/slave switchover? are you using with EtherCAT remote I/O? I was looking for a most powerful hardware (PC based, x64) BR
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Post by davidbo on Two licenses have to be installed forgot to enable one license
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I have to install "Basic M" and "Visualization M", but it seems that during installation of "Basic M" you have to enable "Visualization S" I assume if you here after want to install my "Visualization M". And I forgot to enable "Visualization S" How do I fix that?
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Post by yannickasselin on Lenze i950 Servo and WAGO PFC200
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I don't have time to go through the whole manual but as I said earlier, the servo drive does not support any of the modes needed for SoftMotion Light to work. If you want to use the full SoftMotion, you could use SMC_Homing function block to do the homing. This function block does not use the Homing Mode. It still uses the CSP mode and does the logic in Codesys runtime instead of in the servo drive. Read the documentation about it to see if it fits your needs. But if your controller only supports SoftMotion Light, I am afraid you will not be able to use the i950. I do a lot of motion stuff with different servo brands. Some support all the modes needed for SoftMotion Light and some don't. You really need to make sure the modes are supported before choosing a brand over another. I tend not to use brand specific controllers in order not to be limited by their supported features. I usually choose a PC (Linux or Windows) and install the Codesys runtime and licences myself. This is the most flexible way to use Codesys in my opinion. Depending on how many axes are needed in your project, a full SoftMotion license may not be more expensive than SoftMotion Light because SoftMotion is available as Application based license whereas SoftMotion Light is not. But of course, SoftMotion is harder on the CPU than SoftMotion Light.
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Post by pernockham on Unable to deploy "Control for Linux SL 4.18.0.0"
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Ok, I think I understand. The problem is my language-setting being "swedish". I will check if I can switch to english. Update/confirmed. Change LANG to en_GB, this enabled the architechture to be correct and the control SL again to appear and to be possible to be updated. Thanks!
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Post by mawaloc on Current time and date
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Hello all, I'm looking to display current time and date as first, then find a way to adjust with time zone differences. I found some tuto in internet but seems I already have issues.. cf pictures Which functions I should use? thank You for the help and time. Regards
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Post by mawaloc on Time and Date vizualization
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Hello all, I'm looking to display current time and date as first, then find a way to adjust with time zone differences. I've found some tuto in internet but seems I already have issues.. cf picture Which functions I should use? thank You for the help and time. Regards
Last updated: 2026-02-23
Post by poliautomacao on Absolute movement controlled by an external encoder.
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Hello, is it possible to perform an MC_MoveAbsolute movement, and have the servo move using an external encoder (freeEncoder)? In my application, I have slippage on the main shaft of the servo motor, and I would like to add an encoder to measure the actual position of the material.
Last updated: 2026-03-04
Post by noah on "Invalid Value" for Variables at Runtime
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Hello, I also have the problem that suddenly all variables in my project were invalid and shown as "???" during runtime. Could you manage to fix the problem in the last 4,5 years ;) ? Because I tried everythin to fix it but nothing worked. I feel like maybe this is a bug. Thank you.
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Post by noah on "Invalid Value" for Variables at Runtime
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Hello, I also have the problem that suddenly all variables in my project were invalid and shown as "???" during runtime. Could you manage to fix the problem in the last 4,5 years ;) ? Because I tried everythin to fix it but nothing worked. I feel like maybe this is a bug. Thank you.
Last updated: 2026-03-09
Post by reinier-geers on Compare applications in one project
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HI,ive got one project with 6 applications. one master and 5 slaves. All 5 slaves should be the same. Can i compare applications in one project ? sind version 20.5 ive got problems. One slave freeze compleetly after a while. Ive got an other project freezes after a while , after a online change
Last updated: 2026-03-19
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