Re: Reading data from a SIMATIC.S7-1500 PLC

Open source openpyxl<https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/> is what I use in Python. Call from RPG using IBM Champion Richard Schoen's open source QshOni<https://github.com/richardschoen/QshOni>


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Subject: Re: Reading data from a SIMATIC.S7-1500 PLC

I know you specified RPGLE, but I’ll bet there is a Python alternative that could do it, and with a bit of engineering (See several threads on Ryver) you can call them from RPGLE and get the return. Beats needing to get Microsoft Excel into the mix which would require a PC of some sort.