Opensilecs is a framwork which can be used to configure and access PLC systems via FESA.
- Opensilecs can generate a FESA design file and related c++ code for easy FESA integration
- Opensilecs can generate a PLC data model which can be uploaded to the PLC
- Opensilecs Provides a GUI to access PLC data in a easy way
Supported PLC vendors: Siemens, Beckhoff(untested), Schneider(untested)
Getting Started
If you plan to just use the silecs framework, please check the Opensilecs Wiki for hands-on courses and all required documentation.
Build & Install
If you want to touch the code of silecs itself, you can build it using CMake.
There are three scripts available configure.sh, build.sh and install.sh. To setup the CMake build environment use configure.sh. The script accepts a few options (use configure.sh -h to see available options)
with which the release path, target and the build type can be configured. Once the build is configured
use build.sh to compile all the projects and install.sh to install them to the release path you
provided to configure.sh. In case no release path is provided the project will be released/installed
to the build directory. You can optionally specify the build target to build.sh and install.sh
scripts which can be used to build with yocto SDK.
Note: when using the option --target yocto a different build directory is used build-yocto.
This means that for a full yocto build you need to provide the --target yocto option to all three scripts (configure.sh, build.sh and install.sh).
Please open issues / merge requests in order to upstream your changes. (GSI account required)
History
The GSI Version of Silecs is a fork of the CERN Silecs version. It was forked 2018 and has evolved into a slightly different framework. The CERN Version of Silecs is difficult to access. It only can be viewed from within a CERN machine(proxy) while having a valid CERN-account. Here a link to the CERN Silecs Wiki.
License
Licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3. See the LICENSE file for details.