CODESYS Programming and Visualization - First steps tutorial.

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CODESYS is a platform independent which makes learning PLC programming easier and transferrable from one brand to another.

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Traditionally, every PLC brand has its own programming environment and an adapted version of the IEC61131-3 standard programming languages. Therefore, to be able to work with a specific PLC, one should learn the programming environment details and the specific features first. To use a PLC from another brand, a similar process should be followed. While in the case of using CODESYS, the programming environment would be common among several different brands, and learning it from one brand will make one able to smoothly switch to using a PLC from another brand. PLC Manufacturers of different brands apply some changes to the original CODESYS version to make it suitable for their brand, but it mostly involves including pre-installed libraries and some appearance specifications. So, it is not a big deal to switch from one brand to another.

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In this tutorial, I mostly assume that you will use CODESYS only in the simulation mode, or use the soft PLC (CODESYS Control Win) which is installed at the time of installing CODESYS.

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Follow this video tutorial to learn more details and the steps you need to take to add a visualization to the project as well.

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After watching the video you should learn how to create an empty project, where to develop the code and how to insert a very simple visualization, and then how to compile and run the code in the Simulation mode.

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