functionfunAdsConstructor

External C function to construct a socket for ADS communication

Information

This is a function to establish the connection to a Beckhoff PLC via the ADS protocol. The function utilised from the C API provided by Beckhoff is AdsPortOpen(). No errors are reported.

C Source Code of Function

// Establish ADS connection
int funAdsConstructor(int portNumber,
                      int AmsNetID1,
                      int AmsNetID2,
                      int AmsNetID3,
                      int AmsNetID4,
                      int AmsNetID5,
                      int AmsNetID6)
{
long nPort;
  if (DEBUG_FLAG != 0) ModelicaFormatMessage("Call AdsPortOpen()!\n");
// ADS COMMUNICATION: Open communication port on the ADS router
nPort = AdsPortOpen();
  if (DEBUG_FLAG != 0) ModelicaFormatMessage("Call AdsPortOpen() sucessful! Port used is: %i\n",nPort);
  			
// Set port number and AMS net ID:
pAddr->port = portNumber;
(*pAddr).netId.b[0] = AmsNetID1;
(*pAddr).netId.b[1] = AmsNetID2;
(*pAddr).netId.b[2] = AmsNetID3;
(*pAddr).netId.b[3] = AmsNetID4;
(*pAddr).netId.b[4] = AmsNetID5;
(*pAddr).netId.b[5] = AmsNetID6;
	 
  if (DEBUG_FLAG != 0) ModelicaFormatMessage("Call of funAdsConstructor() Sucessful!\n");
return(0);
}

Inputs

Type	Name	Description
Integer	port	Port on Beckhoff CPU to connect to e.g. 351 or 851
Integer	AmsNetID1	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. 192.---.---.---.---.---
Integer	AmsNetID2	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. ---.168.---.---.---.---
Integer	AmsNetID3	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. ---.---.0.---.---.---
Integer	AmsNetID4	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. ---.---.---.1.---.---
Integer	AmsNetID5	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. ---.---.---.---.1.---
Integer	AmsNetID6	First digit of AMS Net ID i.e. ---.---.---.---.---.1

Outputs

Type	Name	Default	Description
Integer	ans		Error handling: 0 = OK!, 1 == Error, see simulation tab for info

Revisions

November 01, 2015 by Georg Ferdinand Schneider:
Implemented
January 30, 2016 by Georg Ferdinand Schneider:
Revised for publishing