Author Topic: Structured Text POUs vs. CCPs  (Read 14011 times)

Offline FluidPowerTom

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Structured Text POUs vs. CCPs
« on: October 25, 2013, 07:59:08 PM »
I haven't yet used GUIDE (training next month), so I don't know the extent of the seemingly new structured text POU functionality.  Does it largely replace the need for injecting in custom C/C++ libraries via CCPs?

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Tom
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Re: Structured Text POUs vs. CCPs
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 02:11:11 PM »
Hi Tom,

Yes and no; while there is some overlap between the two features, their main purposes are different:
  • The main purpose of being able to import C libraries via CCPs is to be able to reuse legacy C code.
  • The main purpose of being able to write Structured Text code in GUIDE is to allow use of industry standard code for PLC programming.
Currently, if there is a need for text based code in GUIDE, then Structured Text is the preferred and easiest method to use.

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Daniel
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