CODESYS Control Extension Package :
Overview The CODESYS Control Extension Package provides many different options and interfaces to connect your own programs to the Linux runtime system and the IEC application. This allows you, for exa
Access to the PLC Shell The Extension API enables external access to the PLC shell. For this function, a "Unix Domain Socket" is used, which the runtime system uses to receive incoming commands and se
START/STOP Switch The START/STOP switch represents a physical switch which can be used to set the PLC to the Start or Stop state. This mechanism is active if the file /var/run/codesysextension/runstop
Calling an External Function This mechanism can be used to call an external function in an IEC application via a Unix Domain Socket. This allows you to create your own functionalities. At the same tim
Linking Your Own I/Os With this functionality, local I/Os can be connected to a controller and used from the IEC application. Editing the device description In the provided example C:\Users\<user>\COD
CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL :
Overview The CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL add-on can be used to manage the virtual runtime and gateway instances. A virtual runtime system is built on Docker or Podman container technology. Fo
Establishing a Connection to an Instance Procedure . Establishing a direct connection to a runtime instance Port forwarding allows you to connect directly to the runtime instances. This does not requi
