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CODESYS is a development environment for programming controller applications according to the international industrial standard IEC 61131-3. CODESYS can be used on the ComfilePi by installing one of the CODESYS Raspberry Pi Control Modules. Install CODESYS Development EnvironmentInstall CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi PackageEnable SSH and Install/Update the CODESYS RuntimeFirst CODESYS Project with the ComfilePiConfiguring the GPIO PinsAssigning the GPIO PinsBuild, Login, StartLet's Make a Co …

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest evolution of our very popular Raspberry Pi Panel PCs:  the CPi-B070WR.It is very much the same as the CPi-A070WR, but has two important improvements: A Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ with an 8GB eMMCA larger, externally exposed heat sinkThe eMMC is a common request from customers due to the perceived reliability and performance improvements over a typical SD card.The larger, externally exposed heat sink, combined with the improved therma …

Beginning with v2.97, the ComfileHMI panel PC can be viewed and operated remotely from any device with a modern web browser, including smartphones and tablets. Simply enable the Remote Control Server in the panel PC's runtime configuration screen, and then enter the panel PC's IP address and port number in a web browser's address bar (1), e.g. http://192.168.0.1:9138.Once the web application downloads from the panel PC and displays in the web browser, the screen from which the web application w …

Touch Screen GUIs (Graphic user interfaces) are becoming more ubiquitous than ever. For mass production, MCUs (micrcontrollers) must be used to keep costs down, but it can take a lot of effort to interface an MCU with a graphical LCD. Displaying text requires first creating fonts.  TrueType fonts can be used, but they require additional effort and hardware resources, so typically bitmap fonts are used. To make an attractive user interface also requires support for images (e.g …

We are pleased to announce that the ComfileHMI now has a supervisory remote control feature.As of v2.72, users can now view and control one or more ComfileHMI panel PCs remotely from a supervisory workstation PC.  The feature supports a practically unlimited number of viewers with options for view only and UI interaction.  The feature is available to all ComfileHMI panel PC models with Ethernet.For more information, please see the ComfileHMI documentation. …