Siemens TIA Portal Code Generator via Openness Interface
Since we are doing import of Graph step sequence through an Excel sheet using Openness, I was thinking of building a "structure" code generator for the TIA portal. Right now, most important functions are working so it would be possible to
-build a group tree
-import any kind of blocks like FB, FC, OB or data types
This covers mainly the function we can find in the Openness scripter. But I want to go a little further to build structures more variable. Not sure where it leads to but my goal will be to use templates to build FB with n-times valve FBs through a scripter or later on maybe a tool to configure this.
Based on the description found here:
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/attachments/109477163/TIAPortalOpennessenUS_en-US.pdf (English) https://cache.industry.siemens.com/dl/files/163/109477163/att_926040/v1/TIAPortalOpennessdeDE_de-DE.pdf (Deutsch)
This version is based on TIA V16.
With some small changes this will also work with 14SP1,15 or 15.1 (work ongoing)
Functions added:
-open TIA with interface (first instance or new instance)
-open project file via file dialog
-compile software
-save project
-close project
-show folder structure software
-show data types
-add / delete groups in the treeview
-add complete path to the treeview
-imports PLC blocks (with rename if needed)
-import data types
-export blocks / types
-export project text (de/en)
-import project text (de/en)
Test
-add / change language for editing
-for devolpment set the key in the registry to avoid firewall each time
Limtitations:
-no global search for block/types
-import fails if language is not in the project
-export projects text can not overwrite existing files
Screenshot:
Some code for the Graph generation is "reversed engineered" since there is no description.