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The Automation Device Specification (ADS) describes a device-independent and fieldbus-independent interface governing the type of access to ADS devices.

An object that has implemented the ADS interface (thus being accessible via ADS) and that offers "server services", is known as an ADS device. The Interface allows for communication with TwinCAT-PLC from different programming languages.

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Twincat ADS event driven reading stops working after a while (Java)

We developed a Java application which uses the TwinCat ADS library (DLL) to read, write and handle events from the Beckhoff PLC (CX5120). We successfully run this on several machines but unfortunately we’re currently having a problem case where the…
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Write array of struct using TwinCAT.Ads through C# application

I’m using TwinCAT.Ads (TwinCAT 3) for Beckhoff plc communication through c# application. Application is reading and writing few plc variables. I’m getting an error: “Unable to marshal object. Parameter name: value” while writing an array of…
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Can I query the list of variables and types

Can I use twincat-ads to query a Beckhoff PLC for the variables (and their types) that are exposed on ADS.
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How to properly and fully uninstall TwinCAT 3?

Disclaimer: I am aware that the "how to" questions are not very appreciated here but it was the most effective way to sum up my question and make it available for other people if an answer is found. I have tried on multiple occasions to remove…
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In TwinCAT, is there a way to get the real time (isolated) CPU usage from outside of the PLC code?

The CPU usage of non-RT cores is available in MDP (either over ADS or UA), but I'm unable to find any way to get the CPU usage of isolated cores from user land (i.e. Windows). I feel like there should be an easy way to read this since TcXaeShell is…
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TwinCAT Realtime Startup of isolated CPU Fails

I am currently running Twincat 3.1..4022.16 on Hyper V virtual machine. I am able to correctly build my project but when activating configuration I am getting realtime startup isolated cpu fail. Attached is my Realtime setting and the error. Any…
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Send an array from C# to TwinCat 3 via ADS.Net

I want to make an automated graphical fountain using TwinCat 3 to control the valves and Visual Studio C# for processing the image that want to show on the fountain. The final form of the image processing program is a binary array image (attached)…
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Change PyADS Cycle Time (variable update time)

I have a signal that is continuously updated (at about 200 Hz). I am using PyADS (write_by_name) to write to a global variable in my Beckhoff IPC. I concurrently run a scope project and export results. My PLC Cycle time is 1 ms so all of the…
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How to read Enumeration values via. pyads

I'm recently using the package pyads to connect to Beckhoff TwinCAT3. The reading and writing methods work smoothly. (BTW: TwinCAT3 works fine) But some error occurs when I try to write a value into an enumeration in TwinCAT3. I'm using the easiest…
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How to fix AdsError 1792 (0X700) for TwinCAT 3

I am using a Windows PC as my Development PC (XAE) and another Windows PC as my Remote PC (XAR). I have connected them successfully. It is shown in the picture below. But, this error appeared when I tried to Activate the configuration after…
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Pass NET-Object to parallel function (parfeval) in Matab

I am trying to pass a NET-Object to a function running on a parallel pool in Matlab. While I thought "parallel.pool.Constant" is the way to do it - as it works fine for other objects (like database connection) - it doesn't work in this case. As I…
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How to read a struct containing array of structs from TwinCat to C#

Using TwinCAT 3 ADS.Net for reading from PLC, I'm trying to read a struct containing array of structs, but the ReadAny command crashes with "Unable to marshal type" exception. Reading directly an array of structs works fine though. public object…
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How can I find all variables of a TwinCat system using PyADS?

I want to use python and the PyADS library to find all the variables available of a TwinCat system/PLC. PyADS has a function called get_all_symbols which almost does what I am looking for. Here you see the variables I want to get in Python. ADS…
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Why don't pydevd breakpoints work in callbacks?

I've tried this in both VS Code and PyCharm, and both behave the same way. I've got a python application that uses pyads, but I'm not sure there's anything interesting about pyads in particular. The problem is that in either IDE, if I put a…
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Windows 10 Python pyads library error: Could not find module 'TcAdsDll.dll'

I am trying to use pyads library in my Windows 10 computer to communicate with my Beckhoff PLC. I have installed the library with "pip install pyads". The version I have installed is 3.3.9. The version of Python I am using is 3.8.10. When I do…
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