The "PLC shell" in CODESYS is a text-based control monitor (terminal) on a tab of the device editor. There you can enter commands for the request of specific information from the controller, as well as execute actions like starting, stopping or downloading applications. Also a description on the meaning and syntax of the possible commands you can get directly via the PLC shell.
Requesting information about the application on the controller
Requirement: Your project is connected with a controller; Example: CODESYS Control Win V3, on which an application App1 is running.
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Open the device editor double-clicking on the object CODESYS Control Win V3 in the device tree, and activate tab “PLC Shell”.
The tab shows an empty output data window. Below there is an entry field for a command.
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Click button
.The “Insert Standard Command” dialog appears with a list of commands.
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Choose command “?” and click button “Execute”.
The dialog closes and in the output data window you see a list of the supported commands and their possible parameters. Each the syntax for how to enter the command is displayed.
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Click again
and choose command “pid”. In the input assistant supplement the command as follows: pid App1. Press the Enter key.In the output data window the following gets displayed (the GUIDs are just exmples):
pid App1Project IdentificationApplication: App1Code GUID:0x08a893c0Data GUID:0x762d0e90 -
Click button
in the command line.Command
pid App1is added to the history of already entered commands.
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