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Demo of high speed logging to CSV. "High speed" simply denotes that I have optimized this as far as possible using TwinCAT Realtime Monitor. There will still be improvements to be made and I am happy to receive pull requests if you wish to contribute.
This code uses the fluent interface design pattern. For more information see https://www.plccoder.com/fluent-code/
| IPC | Performance Class | AddBool | AddBoolLiteral | AddInt | AddIntLiteral | AddString "test" | AddStringLiteral "test" | Max buffer size *1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laptop | 93 | 0.8us | 0.4us | 0.3us | 0.3us | 0.6us | 0.3us | |
| CX5140 | 50 | 2.0us | 1.1us | 1.1us | 0.9us | 1.3us | 1.0us | 6453 Bytes |
| C6015 2 Core | 40 | 2.2us | 1.1us | 1.3us | 1.0us | 1.4us | 1.3us | 3100 Bytes |
| CX8190 | 20 | tba | tba | tba | tba | tba | tba | 4650 Bytes |
*1) Write 10000 records of 8 x int, task @ 1ms
Not required. Simply open the project.
This project uses TcXaeShell 3.1.4024.10
This is not a guide for TcXaeShell, please visit http://beckhoff.com/ for further guides
- Open the included TwinCAT project and activate on your local machine
- Login and set the PLC running
- Manually set the loggingState to INITIALISE