TiaUtilities

This project has born out of necessity to decrease time of creating certain part of industrial automation via TIA Portal.

At the moment, this is what exists:

1. An API to parse SimaticML .xml files generated from TIAOpenness, modify values inside them (Still WIP) and generate a new file to be imported again in TIA. SUPPORT ONLY LADDER LOGIC (LAD).
2. A series of tools to generate ladder fc blocks to automate repetitive task (Alias generation and Alarm generation).
   • A series of grids to better handle repetitive task before done inside TIA Portal
   • Javascript support for better customization
   • Many specific tools to improve QOL
   • Grids support CTRL+Z / CTRL+Y
   • Localization (Still WIP, mixed language for now)
3. AddIn for TIA to import / export blocks to .xml files.

SimaticML API

Still WIP, but adds the ability to create segments programmatically. Still needs quite a grasp on how siemens generate .xml files since names are taken from there.

Below an example on how to create an FC block.

var fc = new BlockFC();

//Add basic block information, like name, number and programming language.
fc.AttributeList.BlockName = "FC_TEST";
fc.AttributeList.BlockNumber = 123;
fc.AttributeList.ProgrammingLanguage = SimaticProgrammingLanguage.LADDER;

//Add two temp variables to the specific section.
fc.AttributeList.TEMP.AddMember("tVar1", SimaticDataType.BOOLEAN);
fc.AttributeList.TEMP.AddMember("tVar2", SimaticDataType.BOOLEAN);

var compileUnit = fc.AddCompileUnit();

//Create the parts that will form the compileUnit (Segment). Also add the operand of the part to the local variable created before.
//A Part is everything that does something inside a segment (Contact, Coil, Block) that is not an FC/FB.
var contact = new ContactPart(compileUnit) { Operand = new SimaticLocalVariable("tVar1") };
var coil = new CoilPart(compileUnit) { Operand = new SimaticLocalVariable("tVar2") };

//Create the connections between the parts
// |
// | --- || --- () 
// |
var _ = compileUnit.Powerrail & contact & coil; //Create a AND connection between all the parts.

//Update all internal ID and UID of the block.
fc.UpdateID_UId(new IDGenerator());

//Create skeleton for the XML Document and add the FC to it.
var xmlDocument = SimaticMLAPI.CreateDocument(fc);

//Save the file.
xmlDocument.Save(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/fc.xml");

Mentions

• FastColoredTextBox (For JS Editor) - https://github.com/PavelTorgashov/FastColoredTextBox
• Jint (For JS parsing) - https://github.com/sebastienros/jint
• RJControls (RJCodeAdvance) - https://github.com/RJCodeAdvance/Custom-TextBox-2--Rounded-Placeholder