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Posted to dev@plc4x.apache.org by Julian Feinauer <j....@pragmaticminds.de> on 2019/12/05 08:53:20 UTC
Mailing List Activity
Hi all,
I just realized how much activity we currently have on our list, with regard to our baseline (and the last months).
Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially Alvaro and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the project : )
Julian
PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could plan one for the start of next year, if wanted?
Antwort: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Sebastian Wiendl <SW...@bhs-corrugated.de>.
Hey everyone,
I'm quite happy a project like PLC4X exists - for me it is a true enabler
in the IIoT world. The community has been incredibly welcoming and helpful
so far. I hope PLC4X attracts even more intereset in the future!
Also, the S7 Java driver already feels quite mature, despite being 0.5.0 -
both regarding the API as well as the implementation.
Thanks to everyone involved and have a nice weekend! :-)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Kind regards
Sebastian Wiendl
DSE / Digital Solutions Software Engineer
Phone: +49 9605 919 - 9341
E-Mail: SWiendl@bhs-world.com
Internet: www.bhs-world.com
Shop: www.icorr.shop
BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH
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Von: "Julian Feinauer" <j....@pragmaticminds.de>
An: "dev@plc4x.apache.org" <de...@plc4x.apache.org>
Datum: 05.12.2019 09:52
Betreff: Mailing List Activity
Hi all,
I just realized how much activity we currently have on our list, with
regard to our baseline (and the last months).
Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially Alvaro and
Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all newcomers
with the start and their stack to keep them with the project : )
Julian
PS.: Would the ?newcomers? be interested in a meetup? We could plan one
for the start of next year, if wanted?
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Julian Feinauer <j....@pragmaticminds.de>.
Hi Alvaro,
very nice to hear.
If you want to work on scala bindings, its on the roadmap and we will do our best to support you with it.
I guess it would be mostly work on the API level to make it really Scala-esque.
Regarding FOSDEM I do not yet have fixed plans but I like your suggestion so I could imagine going there for one day with a joint talk.
@Christofer Dutz are you going?
Julian
Am 05.12.19, 10:17 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <ad...@ThingsO2.com>:
Dear all,
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just realized how much activity we currently have on our list, with
> regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially Alvaro
> and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all
> newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the
> project : )
My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you are a
receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with new members.
And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my company to
join the project because I think that we can work together fruitfully.
So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to the project
with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers. Not only to
fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings issues like
sending several modbus operations in the same request or supporting
unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track the
refactoring of the modbus plugin.
Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also interested
in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there were plans for
it. Not sure now.
>
> Julian
>
> PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could plan
> one for the start of next year, if wanted?
It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and I would
like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge and how we are
using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can collaborate in
a common talk about PLC4x project.
Thank you!!
Cheers
-- Alvaro
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Álvaro Del Castillo <ad...@ThingsO2.com>.
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 17:32 +0000, Christofer Dutz wrote:
> Hi Alvaro,
>
> I had a look and I have to say I think the progress was even so
> limited, that it never left the branch he worked on.
> https://github.com/apache/plc4x/tree/54115fc561c9ff4b3600b0fe15c49949dac51828/plc4s
>
> There was a branch, but I deleted that one or two years ago.
Ok, in the case we decide to add the Scala bindings we can start from
the scratch. The most important thing is to define what APIs to wrap
and to do it in a mantainable way so it is easy to update it as the
project advance. In the past I have develop in GNOME with different
bindings and it was a mess to maintain all updated.
Thanks Chris
-- Alvaro
>
> Chris
>
> Am 05.12.19, 18:22 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <
> adelcastillo@ThingsO2.com>:
>
> Hi Christofer,
>
> On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 12:09 +0000, Christofer Dutz wrote:
> > Hi Alvaro,
> >
> > great to hear that you are quite happy with the community
> aspect of
> > our little group :)
> >
> > Also really happy to hear you want to help get the Modbus part
> in
> > shape. I think that's pretty needed ... unfortunately we didn't
> have
> > the resources and time to setup a larger Modbus testcase so
> your
> > input will be extremely welcome.
>
> In our lab we have two PLCs (Schneider and Siemmens) with Modbus
> outputs. And a gateway converting from Modbus serial to TCP. And
> also a
> Twave with Modbus output. So we can help in the testing.
>
> Also, we use two Modbus simulators that can help also.
>
> >
> > I think if you go back to the time where the PLC4X repo moved
> to
> > Apache, you will find some Scala bindings. These were initiated
> by
> > someone at codecentric, who did a one-shot contribution and
> then lost
> > interest.
> > As it wasn't maintained and quickly got out of sync with the
> Java API
> > we dropped it. But perhaps this would help with re-creating it.
> I'm
> > definitely in favor of supporting anything that helps adopt
> PLC4X.
>
> Cool. If I feel confident about putting real effort in creating
> the
> bindings, I will research to find this work.
>
> >
> > Unfortunately my company has a Kick-Off event on January 31st
> ...
> > usually I'm a little destroyed the day after so wasn't planning
> on
> > going to Brussles super-early in the morning ... I'm still
> thinking
> > about at least going there to be there Saturday afternoon and
> Sunday
> > ... but still in the process of making up my mind.
>
> The IoT devroom is on Sunday, so it is perfect for you ;)
>
> https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-10-01-accepted-developer-rooms/
> https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2019q4/002929.html
>
> Next week I will propose you a possible talk about PLC4x. It is a
> great
> place to present the project, as probably you know.
>
> >
> > By the way ... we do have new TAC rules to make it easy for
> Apache
> > Committers to have the trip financed by Apache.
> >
>
> I have already booked my plane and hotel :)
>
> Cheers!
>
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 05.12.19, 10:17 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <
> > adelcastillo@ThingsO2.com>:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just realized how much activity we currently have on
> our
> > list, with
> > > regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> > > Its really nice to have so many new people here,
> especially
> > Alvaro
> > > and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> > > So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and
> help all
> > > newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them
> with the
> > > project : )
> >
> > My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you
> are a
> > receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with
> new
> > members.
> > And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my
> > company to
> > join the project because I think that we can work together
> > fruitfully.
> >
> > So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to
> the
> > project
> > with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers.
> Not
> > only to
> > fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings
> > issues like
> > sending several modbus operations in the same request or
> > supporting
> > unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track
> the
> > refactoring of the modbus plugin.
> >
> > Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also
> > interested
> > in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there
> were
> > plans for
> > it. Not sure now.
> >
> > >
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We
> could
> > plan
> > > one for the start of next year, if wanted?
> >
> > It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and
> I
> > would
> > like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge
> and how
> > we are
> > using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can
> > collaborate in
> > a common talk about PLC4x project.
> >
> > Thank you!!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > -- Alvaro
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Christofer Dutz <ch...@c-ware.de>.
Hi Alvaro,
I had a look and I have to say I think the progress was even so limited, that it never left the branch he worked on.
https://github.com/apache/plc4x/tree/54115fc561c9ff4b3600b0fe15c49949dac51828/plc4s
There was a branch, but I deleted that one or two years ago.
Chris
Am 05.12.19, 18:22 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <ad...@ThingsO2.com>:
Hi Christofer,
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 12:09 +0000, Christofer Dutz wrote:
> Hi Alvaro,
>
> great to hear that you are quite happy with the community aspect of
> our little group :)
>
> Also really happy to hear you want to help get the Modbus part in
> shape. I think that's pretty needed ... unfortunately we didn't have
> the resources and time to setup a larger Modbus testcase so your
> input will be extremely welcome.
In our lab we have two PLCs (Schneider and Siemmens) with Modbus
outputs. And a gateway converting from Modbus serial to TCP. And also a
Twave with Modbus output. So we can help in the testing.
Also, we use two Modbus simulators that can help also.
>
> I think if you go back to the time where the PLC4X repo moved to
> Apache, you will find some Scala bindings. These were initiated by
> someone at codecentric, who did a one-shot contribution and then lost
> interest.
> As it wasn't maintained and quickly got out of sync with the Java API
> we dropped it. But perhaps this would help with re-creating it. I'm
> definitely in favor of supporting anything that helps adopt PLC4X.
Cool. If I feel confident about putting real effort in creating the
bindings, I will research to find this work.
>
> Unfortunately my company has a Kick-Off event on January 31st ...
> usually I'm a little destroyed the day after so wasn't planning on
> going to Brussles super-early in the morning ... I'm still thinking
> about at least going there to be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday
> ... but still in the process of making up my mind.
The IoT devroom is on Sunday, so it is perfect for you ;)
https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-10-01-accepted-developer-rooms/
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2019q4/002929.html
Next week I will propose you a possible talk about PLC4x. It is a great
place to present the project, as probably you know.
>
> By the way ... we do have new TAC rules to make it easy for Apache
> Committers to have the trip financed by Apache.
>
I have already booked my plane and hotel :)
Cheers!
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> Am 05.12.19, 10:17 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <
> adelcastillo@ThingsO2.com>:
>
> Dear all,
>
> On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just realized how much activity we currently have on our
> list, with
> > regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> > Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially
> Alvaro
> > and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> > So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all
> > newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the
> > project : )
>
> My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you are a
> receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with new
> members.
> And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my
> company to
> join the project because I think that we can work together
> fruitfully.
>
> So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to the
> project
> with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers. Not
> only to
> fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings
> issues like
> sending several modbus operations in the same request or
> supporting
> unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track the
> refactoring of the modbus plugin.
>
> Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also
> interested
> in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there were
> plans for
> it. Not sure now.
>
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could
> plan
> > one for the start of next year, if wanted?
>
> It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and I
> would
> like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge and how
> we are
> using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can
> collaborate in
> a common talk about PLC4x project.
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Cheers
>
> -- Alvaro
>
>
>
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Álvaro Del Castillo <ad...@ThingsO2.com>.
Hi Christofer,
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 12:09 +0000, Christofer Dutz wrote:
> Hi Alvaro,
>
> great to hear that you are quite happy with the community aspect of
> our little group :)
>
> Also really happy to hear you want to help get the Modbus part in
> shape. I think that's pretty needed ... unfortunately we didn't have
> the resources and time to setup a larger Modbus testcase so your
> input will be extremely welcome.
In our lab we have two PLCs (Schneider and Siemmens) with Modbus
outputs. And a gateway converting from Modbus serial to TCP. And also a
Twave with Modbus output. So we can help in the testing.
Also, we use two Modbus simulators that can help also.
>
> I think if you go back to the time where the PLC4X repo moved to
> Apache, you will find some Scala bindings. These were initiated by
> someone at codecentric, who did a one-shot contribution and then lost
> interest.
> As it wasn't maintained and quickly got out of sync with the Java API
> we dropped it. But perhaps this would help with re-creating it. I'm
> definitely in favor of supporting anything that helps adopt PLC4X.
Cool. If I feel confident about putting real effort in creating the
bindings, I will research to find this work.
>
> Unfortunately my company has a Kick-Off event on January 31st ...
> usually I'm a little destroyed the day after so wasn't planning on
> going to Brussles super-early in the morning ... I'm still thinking
> about at least going there to be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday
> ... but still in the process of making up my mind.
The IoT devroom is on Sunday, so it is perfect for you ;)
https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-10-01-accepted-developer-rooms/
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2019q4/002929.html
Next week I will propose you a possible talk about PLC4x. It is a great
place to present the project, as probably you know.
>
> By the way ... we do have new TAC rules to make it easy for Apache
> Committers to have the trip financed by Apache.
>
I have already booked my plane and hotel :)
Cheers!
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> Am 05.12.19, 10:17 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <
> adelcastillo@ThingsO2.com>:
>
> Dear all,
>
> On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just realized how much activity we currently have on our
> list, with
> > regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> > Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially
> Alvaro
> > and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> > So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all
> > newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the
> > project : )
>
> My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you are a
> receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with new
> members.
> And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my
> company to
> join the project because I think that we can work together
> fruitfully.
>
> So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to the
> project
> with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers. Not
> only to
> fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings
> issues like
> sending several modbus operations in the same request or
> supporting
> unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track the
> refactoring of the modbus plugin.
>
> Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also
> interested
> in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there were
> plans for
> it. Not sure now.
>
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could
> plan
> > one for the start of next year, if wanted?
>
> It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and I
> would
> like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge and how
> we are
> using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can
> collaborate in
> a common talk about PLC4x project.
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Cheers
>
> -- Alvaro
>
>
>
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Christofer Dutz <ch...@c-ware.de>.
Hi Alvaro,
great to hear that you are quite happy with the community aspect of our little group :)
Also really happy to hear you want to help get the Modbus part in shape. I think that's pretty needed ... unfortunately we didn't have the resources and time to setup a larger Modbus testcase so your input will be extremely welcome.
I think if you go back to the time where the PLC4X repo moved to Apache, you will find some Scala bindings. These were initiated by someone at codecentric, who did a one-shot contribution and then lost interest.
As it wasn't maintained and quickly got out of sync with the Java API we dropped it. But perhaps this would help with re-creating it. I'm definitely in favor of supporting anything that helps adopt PLC4X.
Unfortunately my company has a Kick-Off event on January 31st ... usually I'm a little destroyed the day after so wasn't planning on going to Brussles super-early in the morning ... I'm still thinking about at least going there to be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday ... but still in the process of making up my mind.
By the way ... we do have new TAC rules to make it easy for Apache Committers to have the trip financed by Apache.
Chris
Am 05.12.19, 10:17 schrieb "Álvaro Del Castillo" <ad...@ThingsO2.com>:
Dear all,
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just realized how much activity we currently have on our list, with
> regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially Alvaro
> and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all
> newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the
> project : )
My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you are a
receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with new members.
And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my company to
join the project because I think that we can work together fruitfully.
So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to the project
with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers. Not only to
fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings issues like
sending several modbus operations in the same request or supporting
unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track the
refactoring of the modbus plugin.
Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also interested
in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there were plans for
it. Not sure now.
>
> Julian
>
> PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could plan
> one for the start of next year, if wanted?
It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and I would
like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge and how we are
using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can collaborate in
a common talk about PLC4x project.
Thank you!!
Cheers
-- Alvaro
Re: Mailing List Activity
Posted by Álvaro Del Castillo <ad...@ThingsO2.com>.
Dear all,
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 08:53 +0000, Julian Feinauer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just realized how much activity we currently have on our list, with
> regard to our baseline (and the last months).
> Its really nice to have so many new people here, especially Alvaro
> and Sebastian (Wiendl) have to be pointed out.
> So lets to keep everybody as motivated as possible and help all
> newcomers with the start and their stack to keep them with the
> project : )
My feelings from my first steps in the project are that you are a
receptive, open and honest community willing to grow with new members.
And I am very happy with that and I have recommended in my company to
join the project because I think that we can work together fruitfully.
So during the next weeks I will bring some real effort to the project
with PRs about our findings in modbus and opc-ua drivers. Not only to
fix bugs but also to help in the implementation of pendings issues like
sending several modbus operations in the same request or supporting
unsigned and float in modbus. Also, I would like to track the
refactoring of the modbus plugin.
Our preferred programming language is Scala so we are also interested
in having bindings for it. At some moment in PLC4x there were plans for
it. Not sure now.
>
> Julian
>
> PS.: Would the “newcomers” be interested in a meetup? We could plan
> one for the start of next year, if wanted?
It could be really nice to have it. I will go to FOSDEM and I would
like to present in the IoT workshop our work in the Edge and how we are
using PLC4x. Are you guys going to FOSDEM? Maybe we can collaborate in
a common talk about PLC4x project.
Thank you!!
Cheers
-- Alvaro