[Feature Request]: How to use plc4x build a cpp project

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[Feature Request]: How to use plc4x build a cpp project

YongningW opened this issue 8 months ago · comments

Cap_W commented 8 months ago

What would you like to happen?

How to use plc4x build a cpp project? Is the plc4c ready for developers?

Programming Languages

plc4j
plc4go
plc4c
plc4net

Protocols

Christofer Dutz · Answer 1 · Thu Jan 25 2024 18:24:31 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Well I guess you could probably use PLC4C, but here we only have 3 drivers (PLC4X, Modbus and S7) and all drivers are very limited with respect to features. If using Go is an option, that is very much more advanced and supports a lot more drivers (However the S7 driver is the one that's currently disabled as it needs some refactoring)

Cap_W · Answer 2 · Fri Feb 02 2024 15:10:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I wonder when to support Ethernet/IP protocol in PLC4C ？

Christofer Dutz · Answer 3 · Fri Feb 02 2024 16:00:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Well ... I would say: As soon as someone implements it or as soon as someone funds the work of someone else implementing it.

Even if it's possible to port drivers to C, it's still a language most PLC4X contributors rather stay away from.

I could imagine that a RUST implementation would gain more traction, but right now I would not like to give you an ETA on the EIP driver in C nor would I want to give you a guarantee that it will ever happen. (Unless you've got some time, funds or a combination of both)