CODESYS Application Composer

The CODESYS Application Composer enables, for modular machines, the efficient, no-code creation and complete generation of suitable control applications of all sizes by combining and parameterizing multi-modal software modules.

Current version
4.4.0.0
Article number
2111000028
License Agreement

 

for the usage of a CODESYS Software or CODESYS Software Package

 

General Terms of License (End User License Agreement) for the supplied Software. Please read this Software User Agreement carefully before using the supplied Software. Downloading or installation of the Software constitutes recognition by the customer of the conditions of this Agreement.

The following conditions are agreed between you as the software user and the company 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH (hereinafter referred to as 3S), 87439 Kempten (Germany) and are legally binding.

With this license agreement, you acquire the permission of use for Software from 3S (e. g. http://codesys.com, http://store.codesys.com). Some products may only be used for a limited period of time (Products with the name affix “Abo”, “Abonnement” or “Subscription”). If you do not agree to the following license agreement, then you, the user, are not permitted to save and/or install the Software. Should you have already installed the Software, and you do not agree to the license agreement, then immediately delete or uninstall the Software.

§ 1       Object of the License Agreement

The object of the License Agreement is the supplied Software that you have received either directly or from the CODESYS Store. With the provided Software, the user is in the position to use and/or to extend the CODESYS Development System and/or implement a CODESYS runtime environment on a specific programmable logic controller (PLC), herein termed "device". The user has the right to install the functions of the Software after installation of the device software and/or the CODESYS Development System.

In this way, the user can use the functions as specified in the data sheet of the Software.

§ 2       Geographic Restriction

None

§ 3       Rights of Use

Different license models grant different usage rights. A CODESYS Softcontainer or CODESYS Key (hardware dongle) is required to use the demo, full or time license.

Free: Software that is indicated as "Free" in the CODESYS Store is not subject to an automatic license check by the manufacturer and can be used free of charge.

Demo: The user can order a simple and non-transferable demo license to the supplied Software, depending on availability. The license protected demo software is free of charge but limited by time and/or functionality.

Full: The provided Software is protected by license and requires a fee. The user acquires an unrestricted, simple, and non-transferable license to use the supplied Software with no restrictions.

Time license: Alternatively, a time-limited license is offered to the user, with which the user acquires a simple, non-transferable license to use the delivered software for an agreed, contiguous period.

It is not permitted to edit, modify, disassemble or decompile the Software or to use other processes of reverse engineering to by-pass the licensing mechanism, or to have these processes performed by third parties, insofar as this is not absolutely required for exploiting the rights that result from licenses in all events for open source components.

The Software can be components that are licensed as open source software. For these components, the contents of the respective open source licenses apply, as also stored in the Software. The list of components with the terms and conditions of license are available for reading before purchase and are also included in the Software. The licensee receives a simple rights of use from the respective right holders for using the open source software under the conditions as provided for it by the respective valid license terms. The provided license terms apply to only the components that are not licensed as open source software.

All rights regarding the usage and exploitation of the software and Software remain reserved to 3S.

§ 4       Warranty

4.1.    The manufacturer warrants that the installed Software will substantially conform to its documentation or data sheet. The following restrictions shall apply. In particular, there is no warranty that the Software fulfills the specific requirements of the user, serves his specific purpose and works together with all the other programs selected by the user, in so far as interfaces to these programs have not been agreed upon in writing.

4.2.    It is deemed to be agreed and the user recognizes and accepts that, according to the current state of knowledge and technology, it is not possible to create software in such a way that it works without errors or faults under all application conditions. A deviation from the agreed properties of the Software can only be considered significant if normal operation is substantially disrupted. If a disruption occurs under exceptional circumstances, this cannot be considered as a deviation from the agreed properties of the Software. 

4.3.    The user shall immediately examine the Software supplied, shall establish its appropriateness for the intended purpose and shall immediately issue complaints about initial or non-initial errors/defects in detail and in such a way that the error/defect can be reproduced by the manufacturer. The user agrees to provide 3S with material giving information on the nature and occurrence of these errors/defects in order to contribute to their localization and correction. The user bears sole responsibility for the selection, installation and use of the Software, as well as for the intended results thereof.

4.4.    The manufacturer does not provide a warranty for errors or defects that are caused by or result from the following circumstances:

(a)     Incorrect or insufficient maintenance or parameterization

(b)     Operation outside the software’s specification

(c)     Incorrect preparation and/or maintenance of the installation location

(d)     Interaction with hardware or software not released by the manufacturer

A special guarantee which could result in additional rights is not provided.

4.5.    Any defects with regard to the supplied Software (including defects with regard to the program description and any other documents provided along with the Software), will be rectified by the manufacturer within an appropriate period of time. The manufacturer has the right to decide between rework/repair free of charge or replacement at its own discretion.

4.6     The conditions for liability and warranty in these license terms are valid for the complete Software with respect to the manufacturer. The liability and warranty conditions of the open source licenses are valid between the user and the open source right holders.

§ 5       Limitation of Liability

The Software can be used for numerous applications. The user shall decide independently whether or not it is also appropriate for the actual intended application. After installation, the user is responsible for the Software functioning according to its specifications.

The manufacturer is liable for intentional acts and gross negligence. The manufacturer shall be liable for slight negligence only if this involves the breach of a major obligation deemed essential for the purpose of the contract (cardinal obligation) and the fulfillment of which the customer may regularly rely upon or for damages resulting from injury to life body or health. The manufacturer is obliged to act with due diligence.

Upon the determination of whether the manufacturer has culpability, it is to be considered that, as a matter of fact, it is not possible to provide software on an error-free basis. For events of slight negligence, total liability is limited to the amount of the foreseeable damage, the occurrence of which must typically be expected; however, the maximum of such liability arising from the contractual relationship is limited to a total of EURO 100,000.00. The manufacturer shall not be liable for other damages, consequential damages, or lost profits.

The preceding provisions also apply in favour of any vicarious agent of the manufacturer. Liability under product liability law remains unaffected. For the loss of data and/or programs, the manufacturer is not liable insofar the damages are based on the fact that the user refrained from conducting data security measures and thereby ensuring that the lost data could be restored with a justifiable expense. Before commissioning the device and an application written with the CODESYS Development System, the user is obligated to perform sufficient tests in a safe environment.

§ 6       Termination

For non-time limited software this Agreement may be terminated at any time by uninstalling from the device the described Software from the manufacturer and destroying all copies thereof.

If the software is limited in time (subscription or subscription), the user agreement ends with the termination of the subscription or subscription on the expiry date of the agreed period of use. The termination of the time limited use can take place at any time, but must take place at the latest one month before the end of the expiration of the temporal limitation, in order to still be effective at the end of the current subscription period. If this does not take place or is done too late, the period of use is automatically extended by the period of the time limit agreed in the data sheet. After the end of the period of use, the functions of the software are no longer available or are only available to a very limited extent.

§ 7       Governing Law

This License Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany excluding CISG. The place of performance and the court of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this agreement is 87439 Kempten (Germany). Claims may also be asserted against each contracting party in its general place of jurisdiction.

 

 

§ 8       Severability Clause

Should one provision of this contract be or become invalid, or should the contract contain a gap, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. In place of the ineffective provisions, or in order to fill the gap, a provision shall apply which, in so far as legally viable, approaches the original intention of the contractual parties as closely as possible, or what can be assumed to have been their intention if they had considered the point in question.

Product Description

The CODESYS Application Composer is a powerful development tool that radically simplifies and accelerates the commissioning of modular machines with many variants, from small to huge, and with variation points at any level of granularity. The complete, ready-to-use, matching control application for the individual machine is customized from previously created software modules, which are just assembled and parameterized. The complete I/O level, program structure, visualization, traces and alarms - simply the entire CODESYS application - is then automatically generated and ready for download: Configuring and parameterizing instead of programming!

Suitable for

Small machines

Medium machines

Large machines

e.g., 8 processing units

e.g., 4 lines, 4x8 processing units, and 8 shared aggregates

e.g., 4 part-machines at 6 lines at 10 processing units

The CODESYS Application Composer takes object orientation to the next level. Composer modules extend the object-oriented function blocks of IEC 61131 programming to multi-modal program units, which combine all related aspects, representable in CODESYS projects, of a particular physical or functional unit of the machine: Besides program code and parameterization options of the unit, also its I/O level (devices and I/O assignment), visualization, alarms, traces, and task assignment.

Thus Composer modules can uniformely support combinatorics, interchangeabilty, and optionality at any level of granularity:

Variable structure

For the variable structure of the machine consisting of recurring aggregates (processing units, stations, …), you model the aggregates and their arrangement in production lines and part-machines as Composer modules in a hierarchy.

Interchangeable devices

By modelling also the devices (drives, robots, tools, valves, …) within the aggregates, you can easily switch between alternative variants and always get the matching parameterization options, I/O connection, and visualization.

Functional variance

Do your overall machine, the aggregates, or the devices have optional functions, operating modes, or processing steps, different possibilities of combining them, or alternative implementations of functions with their own parameterization options? Then continue the modularization into the functional level and model also functions, operating modes, and processing steps so that they can be selected and configured without programming.

If a machine has been ordered in a specific configuration, you simply need to create instances of the corresponding Composer modules in a clear tree view and combine and parameterize them accordingly. The larger the machine and the more finely granular its variation options, the broader and deeper the module hierarchy of the machine. Thus, it becomes more and more important to construct, display, and edit the project hierarchically on the basis of module instances in order to maintain an overview and to be able to easily select and combine modules. The Application Composer thus saves you more and more work compared to manually writing code, manually linking function blocks, processing steps, and states, manually linking all I/O points to the code, manually linking visualization elements to the code, etc. All of this is generated and scales for machines of arbitrary size and arbitrary modeling depth. Without any programming knowledge, you obtain the complete, downloadable application matching the ordered machine variant, including device tree, visualization, alarm management and trace configuration.

Using CODESYS Application Composer efficiently requires a modular mindset and a development process oriented toward the structure of the machine and its functions. We will help you find the right solution for you and support you in preparation and planning, in the development of a modular construction kit, and in structured introduction and successful use in production.

For a presentation, evaluation, individual consulting, a kickoff workshop and user training, please contact our sales department.

Find out more about the use of the CODESYS Application Composer and the benefits for you on the CODESYS Web Site.

Sales:

sales@codesys.com

Use and benefits:

CODESYS Web Site

Documentation:

CODESYS Online Help

Example projects:

CODESYS Examples

Training:

CODESYS Academy

Licensing

The CODESYS Application Composer is available in multiple performance classes. Its use follows a subscription model for the workstation. A workstation license is required only until the application is generated. Once generated, code can be used, loaded onto controllers, and modified as desired without further licensing of the CODESYS Application Composer.

The performance class defines the maximum possible number of module instances in a machine and thus the maximum size of the machine and granularity of the modeled variation options. With finer granularity, the number of module instances may increase rapidly:

Examples for number of module instances

Small machine:

Medium machine:

Large machine:

Variable structure:

8

44

268

+ Interchangeable devices (5 per aggregate):

40

244

1468

+ Functional variance (5 per device):

200

1244

7468


Performance class

Max. module instances

Workstation per year

Examples (non-binding)

Composer S

100

350.00 €

  • medium machine at aggregate level

  • small machine up to device level

Composer M

500

700.00 €

  • huge machine at aggregate level

  • medium machine at device level

  • small machine at device-function level

Composer L

2500

1400.00 €

  • huge machine at device level

  • medium machine at device-function level

Composer XL

12.500

2800.00 €

  • huge machine at device-function level

Subscription details:

Duration

  • The subscription includes one year of use of the CODESYS Application Composer in the corresponding performance class, starting from the date of purchase.

  • During this period, all features, updates and upgrades are included in the subscription.

Renewal of the subscription

  • Your subscription will automatically renew for another year if canceled later than 1 month before the subscription expires.

  • The automatic renewal is always one year, starting from the end of the previous subscription period.

  • To renew your subscription, we need valid credit card information. If your details are no longer valid, we will contact you by e-mail.

  • Once the renewal is complete, you will receive an email with information on how to renew your subscription.

Cancellation

  • Two months before your subscription expires, we will inform you automatically by e-mail about your cancellation option.

  • The cancellation period is 1 month to the end of the subscription period. You can cancel your subscription in your customer account.

  • If the subscription is not canceled 1 month before expiry, it will be renewed for another year.

  • Your subscription will be canceled by us if we do not have any valid credit card details or outstanding accounts at the end of the cancellation period.

  • A canceled subscription cannot be reactivated. A new subscription requires a new order.

At the end of the subscription period

After expiry of the subscription, the CODESYS Application Composer is only partially applicable.

Requirements

Programming System

CODESYS Development System 3.5.19.30 or higher

Runtime System

CODESYS Control Version 3.5.0.0

Supported Platforms/ Devices

Note: Use the project “Device Reader” to find out which functions are supported by the controller. “Device Reader” is available for free in the CODESYS Store.

Additional Requirements

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Restrictions

Without a valid license the CODESYS Application Compser is only very limited usable.

Licensing

Performance class licenses require a CODESYS Application Composer 4.4.0.0 or later.

Licensing is done via the CODESYS License Provider mechanism and requires the following packages:

  • CODESYS License Provider >= 1.1.0.0

  • CODESYS License Provider Enabler >= 1.1.0.0

  • CODESYS Licensing Support >= 1.1.0.0

These are automatically solved and installed by the CODESYS installer during installation.

The activation of the licenses is done via UFC license container (soft container or USB dongle) and is available as a workstation license. By simply reconnecting the CODESYS key, the license can be used at another workstation.

The annual subscription is available as a workstation license.

Required Accessories

Optional: CODESYS Key

Support

No Support

Technical support is not included with this product. To obtain technical support, please purchase a CODESYS Support Ticket.

 

For general error messages or pre-sales inquiries, please use the "My Question" contact form directly, which can also be used without logging in. A list of alternative support resources can be found in the support section of the CODESYS Group website.

Supplier

CODESYS Corporation
A member of the CODESYS Group


200 Cummings Center, Suite 272-D
Beverly, MA 01915, USA

Additional Downloads

Versions

Version History

Version Release Notes Release Date

This version introduces the new, application-based subscription licenses that can be updated via the Store. It also includes maintenance of Persistance Manager, DataLog Manager and others.

23.09.2025

Improved memory management of DataLogManager and PersistenceManager

10.08.2023
- 17.02.2023
- 30.05.2022