/*
* HOW TO USE THIS SAMPLE
*
* 1. First change the hostNameOrIp to the IP address or host name of your PLC
* 2. Then change the path to be the path to your PLC, see comments below
* 3. Create a 1 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray1[10]
* 4. Create a 2 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray2[10,10]
* 5. Create a 3 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray3[10,10,10]
* 6. Run
*
*/
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//First we create the processor object. Typically the path is the slot
//number of the processor module in the backplane, but if your communications
//card is not in the same chassis as your processor, this is the path through
//the chassis to get to your processor. You will have to add a 1 for every
//chassis you go through, for example:
//Chassis 1: ENBT card in Slot 1 (slot is irrelavent), ControlNet Card in Slot 2
//Chassis 2: L61 in Slot 4
//Path would be: { 2, 1, 4 }
//Basically it's the target slot, 1 for backplane, target slot, 1 for backplane...
//until you get to the processor.
string hostNameOrIp = "192.168.1.10";
byte[] path = new byte[] { 1 };
LogixProcessor processor = new LogixProcessor(hostNameOrIp, path);
//The processor has to be connected before you add any tags or tag groups.
if (!processor.Connect())
{
Console.WriteLine("Could not connect to the processor");
Console.ReadKey(false);
return;
}
//First create a group. Groups are much more efficient at reading and writing
//large numbers of tags.
LogixTagGroup myGroup = processor.CreateTagGroup("MyGroup");
//Now let's create our first array. The number of elements is the TOTAL number
//of elements to read, in all dimensions.
LogixDINT dintArray1 = new LogixDINT("dintArray1", processor, 10);
//We don't need to set the number of dimensions on the tag here because it
//assumes that it's a single dimension tag. All tags are set up to be arrays
//by default, the .Value or similar member always returns the 0th element
//of the array. With a tag that is not an array, that is where the value is.
//Let's create the 2 dimensional array
LogixDINT dintArray2 = new LogixDINT("dintArray2", processor, 100);
//The number of elements are the subscripts multiplied by each other. In this
//case, 10*10 = 100. If you put a lower value here you will only read that
//much of the array. ControlLogix packs it's arrays in row major format, so
//just keep that in mind if reading partial arrays.
//If you want to set it up to read with a multidimensional accessor, we need
//to tell the tag what the size of the dimensions are.
dintArray2.SetMultipleDimensions(10, 10);
//We can now access the tag by the tagName[row,column] format. If you didn't
//set the size, you would get an exception when trying to access the tag
//using that format.
//Let's create the last tag
LogixDINT dintArray3 = new LogixDINT("dintArray3", processor, 1000);
//Set the dimensions
dintArray3.SetMultipleDimensions(10, 10, 10);
//Now let's add our tags to the tag group...
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray1);
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray2);
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray3);
Console.WriteLine("6D Systems LLC\n\n");
Console.WriteLine("Tags created...");
//Now let's pick out some random members and display them...
Console.WriteLine("dintArray1[4] = " + dintArray1[4].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray2[5,2] = " + dintArray2[5, 2].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray3[4,7,3] = " + dintArray3[4, 7, 3].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to write a new value to each of the above tags");
Console.ReadKey(false);
//Now let's write some data to those tags...
Random rnd = new Random();
dintArray1[4] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
dintArray2[5, 2] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
dintArray3[4, 7, 3] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
//Let's update the tag group
processor.UpdateGroups();
//Now print them back out for the user...
Console.WriteLine("\nNew tag values...");
Console.WriteLine("dintArray1[4] = " + dintArray1[4].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray2[5,2] = " + dintArray2[5, 2].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray3[4,7,3] = " + dintArray3[4, 7, 3].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to quit");
Console.ReadKey(false);
//Remember to disconnect from the processor
processor.Disconnect();
}
/*
* HOW TO USE THIS SAMPLE
*
* 1. First change the hostNameOrIp to the IP address or host name of your PLC
* 2. Then change the path to be the path to your PLC, see comments below
* 3. Create a 1 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray1[10]
* 4. Create a 2 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray2[10,10]
* 5. Create a 3 dimensional DINT array on the processor called dintArray3[10,10,10]
* 6. Run
*
*/
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//First we create the processor object. Typically the path is the slot
//number of the processor module in the backplane, but if your communications
//card is not in the same chassis as your processor, this is the path through
//the chassis to get to your processor. You will have to add a 1 for every
//chassis you go through, for example:
//Chassis 1: ENBT card in Slot 1 (slot is irrelavent), ControlNet Card in Slot 2
//Chassis 2: L61 in Slot 4
//Path would be: { 2, 1, 4 }
//Basically it's the target slot, 1 for backplane, target slot, 1 for backplane...
//until you get to the processor.
string hostNameOrIp = "192.168.1.10";
byte[] path = new byte[] { 1 };
LogixProcessor processor = new LogixProcessor(hostNameOrIp, path);
//The processor has to be connected before you add any tags or tag groups.
if (!processor.Connect())
{
Console.WriteLine("Could not connect to the processor");
Console.ReadKey(false);
return;
}
//First create a group. Groups are much more efficient at reading and writing
//large numbers of tags.
LogixTagGroup myGroup = processor.CreateTagGroup("MyGroup");
//Now let's create our first array. The number of elements is the TOTAL number
//of elements to read, in all dimensions.
LogixDINT dintArray1 = new LogixDINT("dintArray1", processor, 10);
//We don't need to set the number of dimensions on the tag here because it
//assumes that it's a single dimension tag. All tags are set up to be arrays
//by default, the .Value or similar member always returns the 0th element
//of the array. With a tag that is not an array, that is where the value is.
//Let's create the 2 dimensional array
LogixDINT dintArray2 = new LogixDINT("dintArray2", processor, 100);
//The number of elements are the subscripts multiplied by each other. In this
//case, 10*10 = 100. If you put a lower value here you will only read that
//much of the array. ControlLogix packs it's arrays in row major format, so
//just keep that in mind if reading partial arrays.
//If you want to set it up to read with a multidimensional accessor, we need
//to tell the tag what the size of the dimensions are.
dintArray2.SetMultipleDimensions(10, 10);
//We can now access the tag by the tagName[row,column] format. If you didn't
//set the size, you would get an exception when trying to access the tag
//using that format.
//Let's create the last tag
LogixDINT dintArray3 = new LogixDINT("dintArray3", processor, 1000);
//Set the dimensions
dintArray3.SetMultipleDimensions(10, 10, 10);
//Now let's add our tags to the tag group...
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray1);
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray2);
myGroup.AddTag(dintArray3);
Console.WriteLine("6D Systems LLC\n\n");
Console.WriteLine("Tags created...");
//Now let's pick out some random members and display them...
Console.WriteLine("dintArray1[4] = " + dintArray1[4].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray2[5,2] = " + dintArray2[5, 2].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray3[4,7,3] = " + dintArray3[4, 7, 3].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to write a new value to each of the above tags");
Console.ReadKey(false);
//Now let's write some data to those tags...
Random rnd = new Random();
dintArray1[4] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
dintArray2[5, 2] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
dintArray3[4, 7, 3] = rnd.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
//Let's update the tag group
processor.UpdateGroups();
//Now print them back out for the user...
Console.WriteLine("\nNew tag values...");
Console.WriteLine("dintArray1[4] = " + dintArray1[4].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray2[5,2] = " + dintArray2[5, 2].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("dintArray3[4,7,3] = " + dintArray3[4, 7, 3].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to quit");
Console.ReadKey(false);
//Remember to disconnect from the processor
processor.Disconnect();
}
