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nickH · ‎03-03-2023

Hello, the SDK can not only be used to program snaps which run on the core itself, but also to develop applications which communicate with the ctrlX Data Layer from outside of the device. In the ctrlX Data Layer all the apps which run on the ctrlX CORE (for example the PLC) provide there data, for other applications to consume whether from the same device or not. In case you want to access the data from outside of the device, you would do a TCP connection to the Data Layer (see: the section Data transport NRT in the ctrlX CORE manual). If you download the full release version of the SDK, which includes all the binaries, you will also get binaries to run the Data Layer from windows. datalayer.dll for windows in the SDK To sum it up and answer your question: A .Net application which runs in windows and accesses PLC data in the Data Layer of a ctrlX CORE through the network (TCP) is totally possible. Best regards, Nick

nickH · ‎03-02-2023

Hi Robert, you can take a look at the child nodes of the node "data". There you can access each data node from the fieldbus by its own and not in a byte array. In my screenshot you can see how a digital output module with 16 digital outputs would look like in the Data Layer. Fieldbus data in the ctrlX Data Layer The path to these Data Layer nodes you can copy out and use in the Visual Coding of the IDE-App to configure Pins. Click on Settings (top right corner) -> Project Settings -> Pins. In my screenshot you can see one Digital Output Channel and one Digital Input Channel, I configured as pins for my project. Pins in the project settings of the IDE-App Best regards, Nick

nickH · ‎03-01-2023

Thanks for the hint for improvement. If you want to, you can also suggest it on github. Best regards, Nick

nickH · ‎02-24-2023

Hi Wolfgang, thanks for reporting the bug. We will work on it. Best regards, Nick

nickH · ‎02-23-2023

Like @CodeShepherd already said: The license API is not part of the Data Layer. There is no path in the Data Layer were you can access the license manager. There is the REST API to interact with the license management. I think you already managed to do this. What I think you are now wanting do do from you app is using the unix domain socket to interact with the same REST API of the license manager. Please take a look at the chapters 3.1 - 3.3 of the license mangement manual on how to do that. Best regards, Nick

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