Codesys support for interfaces

HMS Net­works announces that Codesys Con­trol Win SL from 3S-Smart Soft­ware Solu­tions now sup­ports the Ixxat PC/Can inter­faces from HMS. The Ixxat PC/Can inter­face port­fo­lio from HMS Net­works is avail­able for all com­mon PC inter­face stan­dards, such as USB, Eth­er­net, Blue­tooth, PCIe, PCIe Mini and PCIe 104. Now, this com­pre­hen­sive range of inter­faces is direct­ly sup­port­ed by Codesys.

The library required for oper­a­tion is includ­ed with­in Codesys ver­sion 3.5.14.0 or new­er. In addi­tion to the Codesys instal­la­tion, only a VCI-V4 dri­ver instal­la­tion is required to use all Ixxat PC/Can inter­faces under Codesys. The VCI-V4 dri­ver can be down­loaded for free from the Ixxat website.

Using the inte­grat­ed library, it becomes very easy to access the Can bus via Codesys Con­trol Win SL con­troller appli­ca­tions. For access­ing the Can net­work, the user can choose between dif­fer­ent Ixxat hard­ware solu­tions, e.g. a com­pact Ixxat PCIe Mini Can inter­face, which is inte­grat­ed direct­ly in the con­troller appli­ca­tion, or an exter­nal Ixxat Can inter­face, which is accessed via USB or Ethernet.

In addi­tion, the Ixxat PC/Can inter­faces can be used with the Codesys CANopen Mas­ter and Codesys Canopen Slave appli­ca­tion, or with any oth­er Can RAW appli­ca­tion on the Codesys Con­trol Win SL controller.