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--- simple_plc_simulation [2020/07/20 01:09] – [TransSECS Devices Example] wikiadmin
+++ simple_plc_simulation [2023/08/06 13:56] (current) – [MIX] wikiadmin
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 **java.io.tmpdir** - this can be left at its default, which is the system's tmp (temp) directory and is OS dependent. Optionally, if set to a different location for the simulation files then several ErgoTech applications may share the same "simulation" in a controlled manner (see examples below under Examples).
+Note: be sure that the directory you use for the java.io.tmpdir setting exists on your harddrive before running the configuration.
 **vib.sharedplcsimulation** - this is mandatory and is set to "true"
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 <code>
-java -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\PLCShare -DModbusTCP.simulate=true  -Dvib.sharedplcsimulation=true  deploy.ModbusPLCTool.EquipmentController
+java -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:/PLCShare -DModbusTCP.simulate=true -Dvib.sharedplcsimulation=true  deploy.ModbusPLCTool.EquipmentController
 </code>
-When run.bat is used to start the application, you will see a few files generated in C:/PLCShare (the number of files depends on the register types used for the device server).
+When run.bat is used to start the application, you will see a few files generated in C:/PLCShare (the number of files depends on the register types/address space used for the device server and is likely to be dependent on the type of device server).
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+====Using ErgoTechConfiguration.properties for Device Simulation=====
+Using the parameters above, instead of editing the run script, you can add these parameters to ErgoTechConfiguration.properties. Add a section starting with a comment such as:
+<code>
+#for simulating devices, remove if not simulating
+java.io.tmpdir=C:/DeviceSim/GEMTool
+OmronFins.simulate=true
+vib.sharedplcsimulation=true
+</code>
+if the example above, the device server OmronFins would be simulated
+====MIStudio Example====
+MIStudio can be set up to use the plc device simulation also. Three parameters can be added to MIStudio.conf, in the section which sets up the command line parameters passed to the JVM.
+Make a backup copy of the MIStudio.conf file and open MIStudio.conf in a text editor such as Notepad++.
+Find the section headed "# Java Additional Parameters". Go to the bottom of this section and add three lines, wrapper.java.additional.9 to wrapper.java.additional.11 (note that the numbers must be consecutive and that for this example the last number existing in this section is "8" at the time of this documentation).
+<code>
+...
+wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:/PLCShare
+wrapper.java.additional.10=-DModbusTCP.simulate=true
+wrapper.java.additional.11=-Dvib.sharedplcsimulation=true
+...
+</code>
+When you start MIStudio the simulator for a Modbus device called "ModbusTCP" will be set up to simulate.
+**Note: Do not toggle MIStudio into "LIVE" mode to use the shared PLC simulation. Leave this at the "SIM" setting.**
+To test the shared PLC simulation with the TransSECS Devices example above, start a new MIStudio project. In the Design Window add a SwingTextField and an Annunciator, copy both to the Diagram Window. In the Diagram Window, add a Modbus TCP Device Server and rename it to "ModbusTCP". Configure the ModbusTCP Server to use "localhost". Now add one Modbus 4X Int component to the Diagram Window, and select "ModbusTCP" for its device server and set the timebase to 1.0. Set the register address to 1 -- this is the register used for the "heartbeat" in the TransSECS Devices example.
+Connect the SwingTextField to the input of the Modbus4XInt component, and the output of the Modbus4XInt to the Annunciator.
+Open the Test Frame in MIStudio and enter "6" into the SwingTextField. This will write a "6" to 4X register 1, which is the heartbeat register in the TransSECS Devices example. If you are running the TransSECS Devices example from above, you should see the heartbeat value "6" printed every second.
+====MIX====
-====Example====
+MIX is set up in the same way as MIStudio. Edit the MIX.conf to add the three parameters as for the MIStudio example taking care to add the java.additional parameters in numerical order.
+Alternatively, in the same way that ErgoTechConfiguration.properties is edited in the example above, mix.properties can be edited to add a section to define these properties instead of editing MIX.conf
--Djava.io.tmpdir=F:\SPMsrl\PLCShare -Dvib.sharedplcsimulation=true -DOmronFins.simulate=true deploy.WB50101.EquipmentController