Command Line Interface
The Symbol Explorer can be called up via the command line using the command line interface (CLI).
The following commands are available:
--SnapShotFromPlc Take a snapshot from PLC target.
--SyncPlcToSnapShot Synchronize PLC target with a Snapshot.
--SyncFileToPlc Synchronize Snapshot with a PLC target.--SnapShotFromPlc
Create snapshots of a PLC.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
<NetId> | AMS Net Id of the target |
<Port> | AMS port of the target |
<SnapShotPath> | SnapShot file path |
--SnapShotFromPlc <NetId> <Port> <SnapShotPath>--SyncPlcToSnapShot
Synchronize PLC symbol values with a snapshot.
The current PLC symbol values are transferred to a snapshot.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
<NetId> | AMS Net Id of the target |
<Port> | AMS port of the target |
<SnapShotPath> | SnapShot file path |
--SyncPlcToSnapShot <NetId> <Port> <SnapShotPath>--SyncSnapShotToPlc
Synchronize snapshot symbol values with the PLC.
The snapshot symbol values are transferred to the PLC.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
<NetId> | AMS Net Id of the target |
<Port> | AMS port of the target |
<SnapShotPath> | SnapShot file path |
--SyncSnapShotToPlc <NetId> <Port> <SnapShotPath>Symbol Entry Point
A symbol entry point is required for the CLI as well as via the UI to access symbols of a target. The symbol entry point can be specified for the CLI in the form of a configuration file. To create the file, the target must be accessed once with the UI and the Symbol Entry Point dialog is started. In the dialog, you can select which symbols are of interest, just as for the UI.
Call sample
...\TwinCAT\Functions\SymbolExplorer.exe --SnapShotFromPlc <192.168.10.1.1> <851> <"c:\Temp\Snapshots\File.tcpvs>Sample for starting the Symbol Explorer from the PLC
TwinCAT 3 PLC Library: Tc2_Utilities -> NT_StartProcess Sample
Sample for configuring the input variables.
PATHSTR: "...\TwinCAT\Functions\SymbolExplorer.exe"
DIRNAME: "...\TwinCAT\Functions"
COMNDLINE: "--SnapShotFromPlc 192.168.10.1.1 851 "c:\Temp\Snapshots\File.tcpvs".