Writing tags in sub-programs

[Rindustrial]

Writing a program tag does not work for me unless I first get the whole tag list.

Am I doing something wrong?

Not a big deal, but it does slow things down a bit.

This boolean write will not work -
Ret = plc.write(('Program:M10_AMR.HMI_Inspection_St_Stopper_1_Retract_PB', 0))

... unless I first do this -
Ret = plc.get_tag_list("M10_AMR")

Thanks!

[Colt-H]

See issue #40

[Colt-H]

In my experience, most integrators I've dealt with either do everything controller scoped, or everything program scoped. I agree that the impact would probably be minimal if you didn't need it on.

Plus if you have the specific case of lots of program tags but only need controller tags, AND need to optimize upload times, you can set it to false.

Plus this is the second issue/discussion opened about it.

[ottowayi]

Yeah I agree. The next version is going to have a ton of internal changes and a couple minor API changes. Nothing major breaking, but could affect some users. That would probably be a good time to do it.

[Colt-H]

When do you plan to roll it out? If I get time this weekend I can try to update the documentation to explain why it now defaults to true and what changes and use cases for setting to default if you'd like.

I'm not real strong on Python but I can type quickly and want to help if I can.

[ottowayi]

I'd love for it to be this weekend, but it depends on how much time I get to work on it. Most likely it'll be next weekend.

[ottowayi]

This was made default starting with the v1.0 releases