TcAutomation

Reusable C# library for TwinCAT automation via the TcSysManagerRM COM API.

Contents

• Automation.cs — Core wrapper around ITcSysManager15: project, system, routes, real-time, tasks, and I/O configuration.
• MessageFilter.cs — COM STA message filter (IOleMessageFilter) that retries rejected calls, required for reliable COM interop on the UI thread.

Dependencies

NuGet

Beckhoff.TwinCAT.Ads

COM Reference

Name	GUID
TcSysManRMLib	7b75909c-bb93-4b6c-814b-6378d36c2c58

Add via Visual Studio → Add COM Reference, or in your .csproj:

<COMReference Include="TcSysManRMLib">
  <VersionMinor>0</VersionMinor>
  <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
  <Guid>7b75909c-bb93-4b6c-814b-6378d36c2c58</Guid>
  <Lcid>0</Lcid>
  <WrapperTool>tlbimp</WrapperTool>
  <Isolated>false</Isolated>
  <EmbedInteropTypes>true</EmbedInteropTypes>
</COMReference>

Usage in consuming projects

Add to your .csproj (adjust relative path as needed):

<ItemGroup>
  <Compile Include="..\libs\TcAutomation\Automation.cs" Link="TcAutomation\Automation.cs" />
  <Compile Include="..\libs\TcAutomation\MessageFilter.cs" Link="TcAutomation\MessageFilter.cs" />
</ItemGroup>

Then add using TcAutomation; to any file that uses Automation, RouteInfo, CpuAffinity, etc.

Git submodule setup

Once this directory's contents are pushed to a standalone GitHub repo:

git submodule add <url> libs/TcAutomation