+1 from my side. (one note I would move to discussion though: supporting this variant and a readable one ;)
Sebastian On 2018/08/03 13:41:26, Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We have recently discussed changing something to allow defining not only the > Java-Side type, but also the expected type in the PLC. > For the S7 protocol, we propose to extend the “S7Address” by an additional > plcType. While at it we would also like to change the general format of the > S7 Address Strings > To the format used in Siemens’ TIA Portal software as this simplifies the > communication between automation engineers and software developers. > > We would append the plcType to these addresses in the address string and a > fully qualified S7 Resource would look like this: > > %DB3.DBX0.0:BOOL (Boolean variable in the DataBlock DB3 which consumes one > bit of memory) > %DB3.DBW2:INT (Int variable in DataBlock DB3 which consumes one word (two > byte) of memory) > %DB3.DBD4:REAL (Real variable in DataBlock DB3 which consumes one double-word > (four bytes) of memory) > %DB3.DBB8:BYTE (Byte variable in DataBlock DB3 which consumes one byte of > memory) > %I0.1:BOOL (Boolean input variable referring to the second digital input of > the PLC) > %M0.3:BOOL (Boolean output variable referring to the fourth digital output of > the PLC) > %IW64:DOUBLE (Double input variable referring to one of the analog inputs of > the PLC) > > Please Vote in this thread and take discussions into the [DISCUSS] thread. > > Chris > > > PS: I know this is overkill, but I want to practice voting on stuff here with > you ;-) > > > >
