• 中文介绍

TLDR 🌊

Provide a swiss knife for Beckhoff | New Automation Technology | Beckhoff Worldwide development, main functionalities are listed below:

• connect to the TwinCAT ADS Host
• log and plot the specified symbols with predefined frequency
  • support real-time data log(min 1ms)
  • support real-time data backup
  • support real-time data plot
• provide a 3rd-party TwinCAT HMI library

About 😸

This software is modified from randolfly/LabDataToolbox (github.com), which is mainly used to handle problems in such cases:

1. TwinCAT scope sometimes weirdly causes Windows crash...
2. I want to have a lightweight version of TwinCAT scope
3. I want to check/modify a symbol value with a nicer UI than default HMI

If you encounter such problems, welcome to try this toolbox!

This toolbox has such characteristics:

1. developed by native language, have small memory usage(about 200MB) and running stable
2. supports comprehensive data acquisition features, including
   1. visual data selection
   2. real-time data backup
   3. dynamic display of data during the acquisition process
   4. customizable data storage types(csv and mat)

Functions Overview 🐶

Connection to TwinCAT 🍔

• configuration of TwinCAT ADS connection params
• visual selection of log/plot symbols list(support search selection)
• configuration of log params

Real-Time Data Log and Plot 🍟

pop up plot data windows

After clicking the "End Data Acquisition" button to complete the data collection, all the data results from the experiment will be displayed. The following is a screenshot of an experimental data set lasting approximately 700 seconds. The interface provides the following functions:

• Left-click and drag: Pan the view
• Middle-click and drag: Zoom the view
• Middle-click: Automatically set the view size
• Right-click: Bring up the menu

Additionally, the log data will be storage to the specified directory, 2 types of log are supported:

• csv
• mat

Temporary data recorded during the operation is stored in %AppData\Local\TwincatToolbox\tmp. This data will be automatically deleted after the data recording is completed.

The software configuration file is: %AppData\Local\TwincatToolbox\TwincatToolbox.json.If you need to migrate to a new computer, you can copy this file to transfer the data.