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Thank you for the kind words. This will work with local I/O if your hardware vendor will provide programmatic access to read, write, and configure their I/O. If not you can still use either of the two interim methods mentioned in my earlier OOIO video. Keep us posted on your progress.

You are correct. Although, there are several good alternatives. First, have you considered event-driven programming? Using this technique, the functionality of each object is only invoked when required. This is described in the Advanced chapter of The Book of CODESYS. Another technique is to implement a central service. With this, each object registers itself and specifies the cycle time it requires. The central service then calls each object with the specified cycle time. This is also described in the Advanced chapter. I would be happy to help you implement either approach.

I plan an update to the existing book, but no new books at this point. Very hard to cost-justify a technical book. Huge development effort, limited market.

Not sure what you mean by "from scratch". Everything is transparent. You can download this from ooip-foundation.org and duplicate the demo yourself.

CODESYS allows integration of C code, so if you can wrap your Java in C, you can integrate it in. However, I only recommend that for legacy code that you absolutely don't want to touch. There is a reason why we don't program industrial automation in IT languages -- most automation applications can't tolerate the terrible reliability of most IT software. Best to stick with IEC61131-3 for automation. Rebooting your phone/pc/smartTV/router/etc is an irritation. Rebooting your plant or machine could be a disaster.

@@ControlSphereC is used in so many safety critical embedded systems now it’s really hard to justify that argument you just made. If anything, I see IEC 61131 languages as completely unnecessary given the abundance of safety critical embedded systems using C, ADA, Spark, Rust etc. the IEC 61131 languages are an unfortunate legacy of trying to allow electricians and chemical engineers the ability to use programmable equipment for industrial automation. C and ADA etc. are extremely reliable and are used as the underlying firmware for many PLCs, satellites, medical equipment etc. so saying that they are unreliable is totally misleading.

@@user-fk9mo2ld6w I stand by my statement. It is significantly more difficult to create reliable systems in IT languages than it is in a system and language specifically designed to maximize reliability. That having been said, I do differentiate between IT and embedded systems. Reliable embedded systems can and do exist, but they were created by highly trained and highly skilled expert engineers. (In the wrong hands, you end up with Toyotas with uncontrolled acceleration, Max jets falling from the sky, and Mars missions careening past their destination, etc.) It typically isn't cost-justified to apply expert embedded resources to most industrial automation systems, especially when there is an excellent alternative.

@user-fk9mo2ld6w For sure, there are high-volume automation systems which can cost justify the expertise necessary to create a reliable embedded system. But, these are the exceptions, not the mainstream. And, with those they should use Eclipse, Visual Studio or some other embedded system development environment -- not using the C-code integration to write Java code in CODESYS.

@@ControlSphere are you implying that people who work in the industrial automation field are not highly skilled or highly trained? You can be highly skilled or highly trained in anything and make mistakes or do things improperly and cause issues. It's the relatively simple functional requirements for most industrial systems that make them much easier to develop, and the development be done in any programming language in theory. Compare that with the functional requirements for a satellite or aerospace navigational computer and you see the obvious leap in complexity. Nevertheless, both can be extremely reliable if developed properly. The reason a lot of IT systems are not as reliable is more to do with the underlying operating systems that prioritise user experience over task determinism. They allow things like dynamic memory allocation, complicated and unpredictable task scheduling, non type safe programming languages etc. Personally, I think that the IEC 61131 languages should (and eventually will) be superseded by C, Rust, Spark and Ada. That being said, the framework in which PLCs are developed with static memory allocation, deterministic task scheduling etc. is obviously a good thing and the IDEs, CODESYS included are user friendly enough to make developing PLC applications relatively easy.

Hello ahmedassem2979. I don't understand your question. If you are referring to the the CODESYS IDE, there is no "demo" version of CODESYS IDE. The full CODESYS IDE is free, and will run on any Windows computer. If you are referring to the CODESYS Runtime, 2-hour demo versions of it are available for Windows and Linux platforms, and a few other platforms. If the CODESYS Runtime is installed by your hardware vendor, you would need to check with that hardware vendor to see if you can change to a demo runtime.

@ControlSphere, can you explain?

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@@ControlSphere Thank You!

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Hello. There are far too many good choices to discuss here. You can find the list of OEMs here: www.codesys.com/the-system/codesys-inside.html

I am a CODESYS channel partner, and I author and deliver the CODESYS Intensive Training for CODESYS USA. I also provide private trainings and consulting.

Sadly, Bedrock has ceased operations. Fortunately, CODESYS is still going strong and this IDE demo is still of value to the growing number of CODESYS users.

Yes. Amazon offers payment plans

Please elaborate with examples on why you feel CFC is difficult to use and troubleshoot. This is the first I've heard this perspective. Do you have experience with LabView or SimuLink, and do you find that equally difficult?

@@ControlSphere I am coming from Beckhoff which is based on CodeSys. Trying to cross ref a tag to a CFC sheet just takes you to the sheet. If you have a large CFC sheet you then have another step to find the tag. You can't add a breakpoint to a CFC sheet like you can in ST, FBD or LD. I never use IL but you can add breakpoints there if you want to. In programs I have worked by other guys done in CFC it looks like spaghetti messes. Mostly used by the older guys who came from creating circuits back in the day. Maybe if done "well" they might be easier to read but I have never seen them done well and are terrible to troubleshoot when done poorly. If someone decides to use the entire sheet you are constantly scrolling side to side and up and down to find what you are looking for. At least with ST you can copy to NotePad++ and make changes quickly if needed. You can't really do that with graphical languages. I have not used LabView or SimuLink but understand what they do. We don't have those tools at my job. Maybe if you are really used to those tools that is why you prefer CFC. Honestly this is the first tutorial I have found that uses CFC. Most programmers I have worked with stay away from this language and like ST, FBD and Ladder.

@@AudioJunkie79 Unfortunately, there isn’t a programming language on the earth that proscribes bad code. A large flat design is difficult to understand and debug in any language. Apparently, Beckhoff has some limitations as its possible to set breakpoints on any box and single-step through the CFC design in CODESYS. I do agree that creating a design in a graphical language takes slightly longer, but I have never prescribed to the language-based programmers’ philosophy of “minimum keystrokes at any cost” (and “look how clever I am, I consolidated 5 lines of code into one [that no one will ever understand]”. I’m willing to spend a little more time to make something that is much easier for others to understand and enhance in the future. Also, I don’t disagree with those who say text-based languages are a holdover from the days before computers had graphic capabilities, and that graphical languages better utilize the significant portion of the human brain dedicated to understanding picture. This is why LabView and Simulink are so popular. Take a look at this link for examples of CFC-based designs ua-cam.com/video/wJYNTeAE7lk/v-deo.html

Chapter 19 in www.TheBookOfCodesys.com or ooip-foundation.proboards.com/thread/7/ooip-video-demo-project

That's great to hear. For PLC designs? Be sure to understand the distinction between OOP and OOIP. Many plant managers fear that bringing pure OOP techniques into the PLC world will require their plant or equipment to be rebooted as often as their computer/phone/TV/etc. OOIP is a first step that provides many of the productivity improvements of OOP without the complexity/reliability issues. Plus, its something their plant technicians can understand and troubleshoot. Plant managers tend to be much more open to OOIP.

@@ControlSphere Thanks for the response. I’m speaking of PLC and DCS (PCS 7). I’ve implemented the same same type of designs in Codesys 2.9.x, 3.5 and Siemens PCS 7. Currently rebuilding function block library in Siemens TIA since they now have CFC.

​@@abstractobject5337 Very good! Sounds like you were on the leading edge. I'm curious how you solved the distributed object configuration in CODESYS (and that and the distributed object I/O mapping in PCS 7)

Wish I could afford your book.

Hello Paul. I wish you could as well. And I wish I could give away all my work for free (unfortunately I've not found a grocery store or gas station willing to do the same). Most readers find that the time they save by utilizing the information in the book pays for itself in a very short time. I'm sorry that is not the case in your situation.

It is uploaded in HD. Click on the gear symbol, select HD and then go full screen.

Thank you Keith. My dad was always very upbeat and positive. Luckily, he never suffered emotional damage from his horrible experience as a youth (that I can't even begin to imagine). I was extremely lucky to have been able to call him my dad.

That was my father fidgeting with his notes. A result of the combination of being a bit nervous, and being nearly 90 years old.

They are in the CCS library. A demo version of the library is in the OOIP demo project here: ooip-foundation.proboards.com/thread/7/ooip-video-demo-project Contact me for a full version of library at gary@controlsphere.pro

Stay tuned. I'm hoping to have a book out by mid 2021. Its at 300 pages and counting ...

@@ControlSphere definitely ordering it 👍

@@ControlSphere any news on that book?

@@paulfreed6394 see: www.BookOfCodesys.com

​@@rendros6343 see: www.BookOfCodesys.com

Declare the variable as VAR_INPUT

You can get the analog sensor block from the OOIP foundation. www.ooip-foundation.org

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@@ControlSphere NO they are not, ot at least I can't find them, anyway thanks for sharing this, very helpful, but at the moment I can's use any blocks because I don't have it standard in the library. Can you help with this? my email is giovesjo@gmail.com

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