It's great to have a Wonderware specialist on the board. With kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Türker TUNALI Logedosoft Business Solutions M +90 545 788 48 78 [image: Logo] <https://logedosoft.com/> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > and please let me send out a very warm welcome to you from the Apache > PLC4X project. > > I really like that you want to start contributing to this really cool > project. I think it’s really the missing link between IT and OT and we can > use any help we can get. > > Well, the person on this list, that probably did the most work on PLC4Rs, > is Julian. However, I do think he’ll be totally open and happy about > feedback, Pull requests and help on this. > I do recall him learning Rust while working on PLC4Rs and same as I > started with PLC4Go as my way to learn go, I doubt you instantly get > everything right the first time. > > I would strongly recommend to continue working on the existing PLC4Rs as I > think there’s already a lot of moving parts in place there. > > Because one thing, that’s super special about PLC4X, is that we generate a > lot of code. > So, we define the messages and the parsing and serializing in so-called > MSPEC files and then have language specific code generated automatically. > This was usually the most boring and error prone part of writing drivers, > so we automated it. > There’s also universal test-cases available to test this generated code > without having to implement the same tests over and over again for every > language. > This makes the initial start for a language a bit more work, but it > totally pays out in the long run. > > We’re also planning on adding more parts of the drivers to be generated in > all languages, but I guess that will be a topic for 2023, as I’m currently > consumed with bringing the ADS driver to go and then greatly improving the > EIP driver in all languages. > > I do hope that Julian will we willing to show up again and work on this > with you … I’ll definitely put in some friendship-pressure to ensure this > ;-) > > And I’ll send you an ivite to Slack right away. > > Chris > > > > > From: Tobias Tschinkowitz <tobias.tschinkowitz@scite.solutions> > Date: Monday, 21. November 2022 at 10:18 > To: dev@plc4x.apache.org <dev@plc4x.apache.org> > Subject: Rust Contributor - introducing myself > Dear dev-team, > > I just wanted to introduce myself to the team, as I want to contribute to > the plc4x project in near future. > Previously I was in contact with Chris which told me that I should share > my plans with you all here in the mailing-list. > > At first, a short resume: > > - Apprenticeship as mechatronic in the machine-manufacturing industry > - 7 Years of working as a service engineer world-wide - mostly working on > Siemens S5, S7, TIA and Beckhoff TwinCAT 2 and 3 > - beside of the work I graduated as B.Eng. - Computer Engineering > (Embedded Systems) > - 3 Years of working as C# Developer - bringing together automation > systems and reporting-systems (e.g. Wonderware Historian, Siemens S7) > - 2 Years of working as Software Developer - mostly Siemens S7, Beckhoff > TwinCAT 3, Wonderware/Aveva software, Rust and Golang. > - Since 2020 I am working as a freelancer with my own company SCITE > (software service provider) - mostly using Rust, Golang and various > automation systems. > > TLDR: > > - Experienced Software-Developer (Rust/Golang) with a strong foundation in > the automation industry. > > About my plans: > > In the first half of 2023 i mainly want to contribute to OSS Projects. As > I see the high potential in PLC4X, i would really love to support you guys. > I would focus on the implementation of the plc4rust part where some work > was already done in the plc4rs branch. > As I don’t know if the code is obsolete I wanted to ask you where I should > start from. > > So my questions: > > 1. Should I use the code that is already present, or just use parts of it > and start „fresh“? > 2. Who would be my main contact for the rust part? > 3. Chris told me about the Apache Slack chan. Maybe I can get an > invitation for that? > > Thanks and best regards, > Tobias > > > > > >
