gato

GenerAtor TOol

Gato provide set of tool :

• PlcParserTool to generate an EPICS IOC to control a Tia Portal Siemens PLC : assumed protocol S7PLC, Modbus, S7NoDave
• Basic generic HMI based on a EPICS db file or a custom pv list to monitor and write on a pv
• CSS and Phoebus plugin to Generate an OPI or a BOB view from a EPICS db file or a custom pv list

Documentation

https://github.com/epics-extensions/gato/blob/master/doc/PlcParserTool.pdf

Sources code

All the source code are available in -source.jar file, and are published under public license

Web Site

The current (development) version of the generated web site is available on-line, the complete website is included in the distribution archives (in the site folder).

Building from Sources

Gato is a Maven project. Using Java 8 Execute maven "clean install" goal It will generate a distribution folder including .bat and .sh file to execute the tool

CSS plugins

CSS plugins : copy css/.jar files into css installation plugins folder Phoebus plugins : copy lib/.jar and phoebus/*.jar file into phoebus lib installation folder

Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration and deployment is provided through Travis-CI.

Bugs

Any bugs should be reported as issues in the GitHub project.

Contributing

Pull requests are always welcome.

For non-trivial changes and additions, please first contact the authors and/or use the EPICS Tech-Talk mail exploder to discuss and review your plans.