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View: Installations

CODESYS Installer

Function: The view provides information about the installations of CODESYS Development System which are available on your system and helps with installations and updates.

Registered sandbox installations are also displayed as tiles. They are highlighted in color and marked with the _inst_icon_sandbox.png icon.

Call: _inst_icon_hamburger_menu.png menu in the main window of the CODESYS Installer

Button: Update CODESYS

Indicates that a new service pack of CODESYS is available

When you click the button, the installation operation of the newest version of CODESYS begins automatically.

Button: Add Installation

Opens the New Installation dialog

_inst_icon_selection_down_arrow.png: Selection menu at the Add Installationbutton

Opens a menu with the following commands:

Table 7. Tile view of installations

Name of the installation

CODESYS<service pack> (<platform>)

Provides information about which service pack is installed for which processor architecture

Example: CODESYS 3.5 SP17 (64 bit)

Number of installed patches

Provides information about which patch is installed

Example: Patch 5

Button with a red number of a patch

Provides information about which new patch is available

Example: _inst_button_patch.png

When you click the button, you can stat the installation operation.

Button: Start

Starts the execution of the selected CODESYS installation

Button: Change

Opens the configuration view of the add-ons for this installation

There you can manage the location, the channels for setups and add-ons, and the add-on configuration.

Button: Create Sandbox

Opens the dialog for selecting a directory in the local file system which will be used as the root directory for the new sandbox. As soon as the selection is confirmed, the sandbox creation is started automatically and the Create sandbox dialog opens. You can see the creation progress in the box. Cancel is possible. Note: The command does not create a "clean sandbox".

Button: Duplicate sandbox

Only available in sandbox tiles

Opens the dialog for selecting a directory in the local file system where a copy of the sandbox should be stored.

Button: _inst_button_dots.png

  • Repair: Starts the InstallShield Wizard to reinstall

  • Uninstall: Starts the InstallShield Wizard to uninstall

  • Create Desktop Shortcut: A shortcut is created on the computer desktop for quick access to the installed product.

  • Set Control Service: The control service is started and added to the autostart.

  • Set Gateway Service: The gateway is started and added to the autostart.

  • Start HMI: The available CODESYS HMI is started.

  • Freeze / Unfreeze: Updates are no longer provided for the installation. A frozen installation is indicated by a blue "Frozen" label.