Hi all, I am Lukas. I met some of you at the PLC4X Top Level Party in Frankfurt, Germany.
As i am not a fulltime developer (some Python scripting excluding) I am struggling a lot with the documentation. How to start improving a documentation when you do not know how to start? So my suggestion / idea to the PLC4X Team is the following: 1) I setup a clean VM (e.g. with Ubuntu) . 2) We setup a websession, which we record and install PLC4X from a users perspectice (me) and a developer from the PLC4X team who is willing to walk me through it. (I assume 1 to max 2h session) 3) We install some virtual runtime PLCs to connect to (as this helps to just learn an test in one environment and helps beginners like me to experiment without asking for access to PLC4X VPN which only increases effort for Chris and his employer. -> My suggestion here is: https://www.openplcproject.com/ Where you can easily create a HelloWorld PLC Programm using MODBUS as Protocol. And https://open62541.org/ (OPC UA) -> Easy to setup Server and yes I know Chris is not a fan of OPC UA. Other suggestions? Concerning virtual PLC Runtime environments? for Testing and Learning how to use PLC4X? 4) create a "Hello-World" Programm (currently in Java right?) using Intellij IDEA as IDE connecting to the local runtimes PLCs. Addionally we save what will be put into the console/ terminal - to enable me to right a Getting Started Guide for Beginners like . 5) Take the recorded session (eventually edit it) and put it somewhere (PLC4X Youtube Channel? - private Youtube Channel? - To be disscussed. What do you think? Best *Lukas Ott* Business Analyst Industry Consulting Manufacturing - North and Central Europe DXC Technology <http://www.dxc.technology/de/> Hewlett-Packard-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany M: +49.173.705.2298 | [email protected] | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-ott> | Twitter Me <https://twitter.com/rochbenritter>
