Installing CODESYS 4
The installer will allow you to install CODESYS 4 in a directory of your choice. In addition to CODESYS 4, a set of extensions will also be installed in the extensions folder of the installation directory.
Extensions for CODESYS Control (various controllers)
Extension for Ladder
Extension for Modbus
Extension with standard libraries (
CODESYS.C4.GlobalLibraries.Ext)Extension with standard device descriptions (
CODESYS.C4.GlobalDevices.Ext)
Setting up the library repository
When CODESYS 4 is being installed, a set of libraries will also be installed in the form of an extension. Like all extensions, this one will be installed in the extensions folder of the installation directory. The libraries are stored in the extensions\CODESYS.C4.GlobalLibraries.Ext\...\c4Libs folder.
The installed libraries are immediately available in CODESYS 4.
In addition to the libraries installed via extensions, user-specific libraries can also be created in a separate repository.
Setting up the device repository
Devices are installed in the same way as libraries. When CODESYS 4 is being installed, a set of devices will also be installed. These are stored in the cdsV3devs subfolder of the extensions\CODESYS.C4.GlobalDevices.Ext folder in the installation directory. Devices from other extensions are stored in the corresponding cdsV3devs folder of each extension.
Starting CODESYS 4
In the desktop application, the
icon is used to start CODESYS 4.In the browser, CODESYS 4 is started as follows:
Example 1. Example"C:\Program Files\CODESYS-4\CODESYS-4.exe" --with-browser="C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"