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B&R Automation Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from B&R Industrial Automation GmbH used for programming B&R PLCs, HMIs, I/Os, and motion controllers. Use this tag only for questions about B&R Automation Studio installation and usage as well as related B&R software like PVI and Automation Runtime. Use the tags [structured-text], [c], [c++], [ladder-logic], and [sfc], for (ide-agnostic) questions about [plc] or [servo] programming.

B&R Automation Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from B&R Industrial Automation GmbH, an Austria-based industrial automation and technology company and member of the ABB Group. It is used to program, maintain, and support B&R hardware and software including s, HMIs (Human Machine Interface), s, and controllers using a variety of programming languages and editors.

Supported Programming Languages

  • IEC 61131-3 Ladder Diagram
  • IEC 61131-3 Structured Text
  • IEC 61131-3 Instruction List
  • IEC 61131-3 Function Block Diagram
  • IEC 61131-3 Sequential Function Chart
  • Continuous Function Chart
  • B&R Automation Basic

Other Features

Versions

  • 4.12
  • 4.11
  • 4.10
  • 4.9
  • 4.8
  • 4.7
  • 4.6
  • 4.5
  • 4.4
  • 4.3
  • 4.2
  • 4.1
  • 4.0
  • 3.0.90
  • 3.0.81
  • 3.0.80
  • 3.0.71
  • 2.7.0
  • 2.6.0
  • 2.5.3
  • 2.5.2.100
  • 2.5.2
  • 2.5.1
  • 2.4.0

Previous Software Replaced by Automation Studio

  • Prosys
  • PG2000

Related B&R Software

  • PVI Development Setup
  • Automation Runtime real-time operating system based on
  • mappmotion - and software
  • ARNC0 - software
  • safeDESIGNER - Automation Studio safe plug-in
  • B&R Service Utility
  • Automation Studio Version Changer

Related Tags

Useful Links

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Automation Studio is copyrighted by the B&R Industrial Automation GmbH

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B&R Automation Studio "Error 9340: Project contains Visual Component objects but no version definition"

When compiling an B&R project in Automation Studio this error is thrown. Error 9340: Project contains Visual Component objects but no version definition How to solve this compile error? Automation Studio V 4.0.29.87.
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Which method is generally used to communicate between programs in Structured Text

I am maintaining a project for a PLC written in ST. To implement a new feature I need to let cyclic program A know when an event happened in cyclic program B. How is this generally done in ST? Do I simply use global variables or is there a different…
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B&R Automation Studio: I met the installation error 4735 during installation

I have installed B&R Automation Studio:AS_4.12.2.93 but met the error code 4735 pop-up window like followed; installation 4735 error Automation Studio 4.12 Setup The installation of 'Prepare environment for AS' has been aborted with error code…
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Automation studio code coverage problem (no gcda file on target)

Is there anyone who tries to do code coverage in Automation studio project? I am working on it and at compilation time the .gcno are generated, but on runtime on target system no .gcda data is generated. I am using GCC 6.3.0 with --coverage flags…
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Automation Studio fails to load "BR.TechnologyGuarding.Interfaces", "The systeem cannot find the file specified."

B&R Automation Studio(AS) 4.5.2 was working. I uninstalled previous version of Automation Studio (4.4.4 and 4.3.5). Now AS 4.5.2 does not load and displays error "Exception at pg" "Could not load file or assembly'BR.TechnologyGuarding.Interfaces,…
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B&R Automation Studio avoid restarting PLC when building the same source code in different locations or machines

When building the same source code for B&R PLC's in different paths on your PC it wants to restart the PLC, since the programs are laid out differently on in the new build. This is also an issue when building the same source on another PC after fx…
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B&R Automation Studio transfer post event

Is there any way to execute a post project transfer event when transferring a project to a PLC? I want to automatically change the value of a variable using fx the PVI interface every time I do a transfer.
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B&R PLC. Calculate new offset after write or how to write data to new line

I have this program which creates file on USB stick. The problem is it is only saving one line (rewriting same line). I would need after each cycle it would write the data to new line . I think it has to do something with offset I need to calculate…
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Executing g-code from file within a ST-program in the software Automation Studio from B&R

I have a 3-axis system, which resembles the CNC-axis, and a PowerPanel from B&R. Now I plan to execute the g-code, which I read from a file, which is fe located in the Downloads folder. This will be done with fbs from B&R Automation Studio. I got…
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B&R get drive serial number via MC_BR_GetHardwareInfo function block

I'm trying to retrieve the serial number from a drive using the MC_BR_GetHardwareInfo function block. Since the documentation lacks any kind of example code on this topic I'm getting nowhere. Which information should I provide to the function block…
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how to configure pdo mapping in xdd

I'm adding pdo object each in eclipse xdd editor. I looked for documents related to pdo mapping, but there is an error to be more precise It is confirmed normally in xdd editor, but an error occurs in B&R Automation Studio enter image description…
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MD5 Hashing On Embedded PLC in C

I'm working on a project for work that requires me to convert password strings to MD5 hash and I'm having trouble. I know MD5 isn't the best for this purpose, but for what we're doing it isn't a problem and its been specifically…
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Is it possible to export a HMI in Automation Studio? (mapp view)

I have created a simple HMI in mapp view in Automation Studio. Is it possible to export the visualizations to another project? I don't need to export the current variables the HMI is using, since I want to attach new ones once the visual elements…
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B&R Automation Studio: Toolbox not showing

I want to import a program from the toolbox, but the toolbox on the right of Automation Studio is gone. I can't find it anywhere. How do I enable it?
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Installing B&R Automation Studio V 4.9.2 C++ redistributable setup not found

When installing B&R Automation Studio V4.9 (when V4.7 is already installed) I get a C++ redistributable setup not found error. In the picture below you see the redistributables of C++ that are already installed. Does anybody know how to fix this…
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