Post by eschwellinger on NO SIGNAL ON POWER_ON FOR STEPPER MOTOR ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 yohayr on Access Violation sherd memory ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 thierry-b on Blocking UDP ports 1740–1743 and 22350 to disable CODESYS network scan (startup + device discovery) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, I am currently investigating the network behavior of CODESYS 3.5 (IDE + Gateway) in environments where the engineering workstation is connected to a very large /16 network. In such networks, the automatic device scan performed at IDE startup (and the manual “Scan Network” device discovery) can cause significant delays or freezes, due to the broadcast‑based discovery mechanism. After analyzing the traffic with Wireshark, I identified that the IDE uses the following UDP ports: 1740 – broadcast discovery 1741 – handshake / responses 1742 – fallback discovery 1743 – fallback handshake 22350 – additional runtime / gateway communication (WAGO, debug, extended discovery) To prevent the IDE from scanning the large /16 network, I tested blocking these ports in both directions (IN/OUT) on the network interface connected to the /16 segment (while keeping them open on the OT /24 network interface). Result: When UDP 1740, 1741, 1742 and 1743 are blocked on the IT interface, the IDE no longer sends any discovery traffic on that interface. The IDE still works normally on the OT interface (device discovery, online mode, download, etc.). Blocking port 22350 does not seem required to stop the scan, but I included it for completeness. My question: => Can you confirm that blocking UDP ports 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743 (and optionally 22350) on a specific network interface is a valid and supported way to completely disable the CODESYS IDE network scan on that interface (both at startup and during manual device discovery)? I am not trying to block communication with controllers on the OT network — only to prevent the IDE from scanning the large /16 IT network. Any confirmation or additional technical details about the discovery mechanism would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Last updated: 2026-03-31

Post by poliautomacao on Absolute movement controlled by an external encoder. ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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.
Last updated: 2026-04-02

Post by alexgooi on No Bootproject possible ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello Simon, Thank you for your response. The problem occurs after about 10 online changes, after this a full download is required, but that means that the installation is going down. Is it possible to enlarge the space reserved for online changes, so that the problem occurs after 100 online changes for example? Kind regards Alex
Last updated: 2026-04-14

Post by ilarioimi on Date Picker ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 “VisuElems.Visu_DateTime.DisplayUTC:= FALSE;”. Is there some project setting or Visualization Manager setting that I am missing? Thank you. Ilario.
Last updated: 2026-01-14

Post by kambel on IO Drive on C manual ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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?
Last updated: 2026-01-29

Post by fabrp on CPU + EtherCAT redundancy ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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
Last updated: 2026-02-01

Post by davidbo on Two licenses have to be installed forgot to enable one license ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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?
Last updated: 2026-02-02

Post by yannickasselin on Lenze i950 Servo and WAGO PFC200 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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.
Last updated: 2026-02-13

Post by pernockham on Unable to deploy "Control for Linux SL 4.18.0.0" ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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!
Last updated: 2026-02-23

Post by mawaloc on Current time and date ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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
Last updated: 2026-02-23

Post by mawaloc on Time and Date vizualization ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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. ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 noah on "Invalid Value" for Variables at Runtime ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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 ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
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

Post by gseidel on Absolute movement controlled by an external encoder. ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hi polyautomacao, hmm, did you tune the PD parameters as shown in the link I posted above? One thing that could cause the behavior are bad parameters. I also don't understand the screen shot: when you hold the encoder to 0, why is the actual position of the DrivePosControl -208? Best regards, Georg
Last updated: 2026-03-27

Post by automa on Best practice to reduce CPU load ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I am experiencing quite high CPU load on My Schneider M241 PLC with WebVisu. I would like to know what is best practice and how you create your application with pages, frames, tags, dialogs and settings to make an efficient HMI with low CPU load. Thanks
Last updated: 2026-04-10

Post by reinier-geers on Network variable stops sending ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I use network variables. But when i change the programm, it wil stop sending. Then is have to add or delete a variable. Then i will be compiled again and sends again. This problem wasw already in 9.20 but seems to be still in 21.0 . Is there a way to solve this ?
Last updated: 4 days ago

Post by egret on Issue with J1939, PGN 65267 (Vehicle Position) ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I have a J1939 network (ISOBUS) connected to my PLC. I can receive various PGNs such as 65256 (Vehicle Direction/Speed) and 65254 (Time/Date). However, I cannot receive 65267 (Vehicle Position). PGN 65267 (VP) contains SPN 584 (Latitude) and SPN 585 (Longitude). On the network both SPNs return a value of -210 (meaning the CAN message payload is zero in both cases). The conversion settings are the default values and appear to be correct (see attached screenshot). Using a CAN analyser I can see that PGN 65267 (Vehicle Position) is being transmitted over the network with valid (non-zero) data that matches the latitude and longitude coordinates I would expect. I've created a program to read the raw J1939 data and this also returns valid data. It seems that the Codesys J1939 database has a problem with reading PGN 65267 messages. Can anybody else confirm this? I'm using Codesys Version 3.5 SP16 Patch 5.
Last updated: 2023-09-13

Post by damian177 on Codesys and SMS in RPi ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
I tried initialize my GSM modem by write simple application in C, and GSM modem works, below used AT commands: AtChat: T : "AT" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CMEE=1" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CMGF=0" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CGMI" AtChat: F : "WH_Ltd" AtChat: F : "WH_GM35" AtChat: F : "Revision: RDA BV5" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CGMM" AtChat: F : "WH_GM35" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CGMR" AtChat: F : "Revision: GM35-D_B5_R05_A01_D170914" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CGSN" AtChat: F : "868221045990218" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CNMI=2,1,0,1,0" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+CLIP=1" AtChat: F : "OK" AtChat: T : "AT+COPS?" AtChat: F : "+COPS: 0,2,\"26002\"" AtChat: F : "OK" operator name: "26002" AtChat: T : "AT+CREG?" AtChat: F : "+CREG: 1,1" AtChat: F : "OK" at+creg Modem is initialized I do not understand why Codesys SMS library send AT+CPIN? command ?
Last updated: 2023-09-29

Post by captaincookie on increase default string length in queue ^{CODESYS Forge talk (Post)}
Hello, I'm using Codesys V3.5 SP18 Patch 4. In the ElementCollectionExample Project from Codesys, I test the SimpleQueueExample in a Control Win V3 x64 environment. I try to add a string of 95 characters length to a queue. The default length of strings is defined as 80 characters. In the initialization of a string variable, it is possible to increase the length by the definition of e.g. STRING(1000). But when I write the string defined like this to the queue, only 80 characters are written to it and the rest is missing. I think the default length is still set in the queue definition, so it is necessary to change this, isn't it? Is there any option to increase the default length of strings in the queue? Attached you can find the used project. Thanks in advance. If any information are missing or my description unclear please let me know.
Last updated: 2023-10-05

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