The software platform CODESYS for industrial automation technologies, IEC 61131-3 programming tool continues its evolution with the new version CODESYS V3.5 SP17
In this new version CODESYS V3.5 SP17 presents a series of important improvements
CODESYS Engineering
CFC Editor: Numerous minor and major improvements
More security through signed CODESYS libraries
Performance improvements in the CODESYS Development System when loading projects and during compilation
Numerous usability improvements, e.g. in CODESYS UML
Faster updates of add-ons and optimized user interface thanks to modularization of the tool
CODESYS Communication
Standardized data exchange between devices via OPC UA Pub Sub
Standardized data exchange via OPC UA with defined information models for different tasks / industries
Support of OPC UA methods and Alarms & Conditions
IIoT Library Bundle now with Google Cloud IoT Core Client SL
CODESYS Runtime
Linux SoftPLC systems now with redundancy function
Comprehensive backup/restore/update mechanism for the complete runtime system incl. applications, certificates , and licenses
CODESYS Control RTE now with multicore support
CODESYS Fieldbus
PROFINET: IO-Link integration, performance improvements, PROFINET device configuration completely programmed within the application
J1939: Import of DBC files for definition of CAN messages and ECUs of complete networks, as well as J1939 databases
EtherNet/IP: Connections with up to 64 KB data and LargeForwardOpen
Modbus Function Block library
Numerous improvements and bug fixes for EtherCAT and CANopen
CODESYS Visualization
Numerous functional and performance improvements through overlay function in CODESYS TargetVisu, e.g. inner rotation, temporal animations, arbitrary element sequence, GPU support
CODESYS HMI SL now with OPC UA client configurator and redundancy option
CODESYS Motion CNC Robotics
Optional extension of standard SoftPLC systems with CODESYS Motion CNC Robotics
BufferMode for PLCopen function blocks (Part 1 Motion Control)
Improved jogging of robotics
Newly supported drives: Bosch Rexroth Indradrive CS, Delta Remove IO, Delta ASDA A3/B3, Beckhoff EL7041/7047