bacnet/bacnet.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# This file is part of Beremiz, a Integrated Development Environment for
+# programming IEC 61131-3 automates supporting plcopen standard.
+# This files implements the bacnet plugin for Beremiz, adding BACnet server support.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Mario de Sousa (msousa@fe.up.pt)
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#    
+# This code is made available on the understanding that it will not be
+# used in safety-critical situations without a full and competent review.
+
+
+
+import os, sys
+from collections import Counter
+from datetime    import datetime
+
+base_folder           = os.path.split(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))[0]
+base_folder           = os.path.join(base_folder, "..")
+BacnetPath            = os.path.join(base_folder, "BACnet")
+BacnetLibraryPath     = os.path.join(BacnetPath, "lib")
+BacnetIncludePath     = os.path.join(BacnetPath, "include")
+BacnetIncludePortPath = os.path.join(BacnetPath, "ports")
+BacnetIncludePortPath = os.path.join(BacnetIncludePortPath, "linux")
+
+import wx
+import pickle
+
+from BacnetSlaveEditor import *
+from BacnetSlaveEditor import ObjectProperties
+from ConfigTreeNode    import ConfigTreeNode
+from PLCControler      import LOCATION_CONFNODE, LOCATION_MODULE, LOCATION_GROUP, LOCATION_VAR_INPUT, LOCATION_VAR_OUTPUT, LOCATION_VAR_MEMORY
+
+# Parameters to be monkey patched in beremiz customizations
+BACNET_VENDOR_ID = 9999 
+BACNET_VENDOR_NAME = "Beremiz.org"
+BACNET_DEVICE_MODEL_NAME = "Beremiz PLC"
+
+###################################################
+###################################################
+#                                                 #
+#           S L A V E    D E V I C E              # 
+#                                                 #
+###################################################
+###################################################
+
+# NOTE: Objects of class _BacnetSlavePlug are never instantiated directly.
+#       The objects are instead instantiated from class FinalCTNClass
+#       FinalCTNClass inherits from: - ConfigTreeNode
+#                                    - The tree node plug (in our case _BacnetSlavePlug)
+#class _BacnetSlavePlug:
+class RootClass:
+    XSD = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
+    <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+      <xsd:element name="BACnetServerNode">
+        <xsd:complexType>
+          <xsd:attribute name="Network_Interface"      type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default="eth0"/>
+          <xsd:attribute name="UDP_Port_Number"                           use="optional" default="47808">
+            <xsd:simpleType>
+                <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">
+                    <xsd:minInclusive value="0"/>
+                    <xsd:maxInclusive value="65535"/>
+                </xsd:restriction>
+            </xsd:simpleType>
+          </xsd:attribute>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Communication_Control_Password"     
+                                                       type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default="Malba Tahan"/>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Device_ID"                          use="optional" default="0">
+            <xsd:simpleType>
+                <xsd:restriction base="xsd:integer">
+                    <xsd:minInclusive value="0"/>
+                    <xsd:maxInclusive value="4194302"/>
+                </xsd:restriction>
+            </xsd:simpleType>
+          </xsd:attribute>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Device_Name"        type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default="Beremiz device 0"/>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Device_Location"    type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default=""/>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Device_Description" type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default="Beremiz device 0"/>
+          <xsd:attribute name="BACnet_Device_Application_Software_Version" type="xsd:string"  use="optional" default="1.0"/>
+        </xsd:complexType>
+      </xsd:element>
+    </xsd:schema>
+    """
+    # NOTE: BACnet device (object) IDs are 22 bits long (not counting the 10 bits for the type ID)
+    #       so the Device instance ID is limited from 0 to 22^2-1 = 4194303
+    #       However, 4194303 is reserved for special use (similar to NULL pointer), so last
+    #       valid ID becomes 4194302
+    
+    
+    # The class/object that will render the graphical interface to edit the
+    #    BacnetSlavePlug's configuration parameters. The object of class BacnetSlaveEditorPlug
+    #    will be instantiated by the ConfigTreeNode class.
+    #    This BacnetSlaveEditorPlug object can be accessed from _BacnetSlavePlug as
+    #    'self._View'
+    #    See the following note to understand how this is possible!
+    #
+    # NOTE: Objects of class _BacnetSlavePlug are never instantiated directly.
+    #       The objects are instead instantiated from class FinalCTNClass
+    #       FinalCTNClass inherits from: - ConfigTreeNode
+    #                                    - The tree node plug (in our case _BacnetSlavePlug)
+    #
+    #       This means that objects of class _BacnetSlavePlug may safely access all the members
+    #       of classes ConfigTreeNode as well as FinalCTNClass (since they are always instantiated
+    #       as a FinalCTNClass)
+    EditorType = BacnetSlaveEditorPlug
+    
+    # The following classes follow the model/viewer design pattern
+    #
+    # _BacnetSlavePlug       - contains the model (i.e. configuration parameters)
+    # BacnetSlaveEditorPlug  - contains the viewer (and editor, so it includes the 'controller' part of the 
+    #                                    design pattern which in this case is not separated from the viewer)
+    #
+    # The _BacnetSlavePlug      object is 'permanent', i.e. it exists as long as the beremiz project is open 
+    # The BacnetSlaveEditorPlug object is 'transient', i.e. it exists only while the editor is visible/open
+    #                                                         in the editing panel. It is destoryed whenever
+    #                                                         the user closes the corresponding tab in the 
+    #                                                         editing panel, and a new object is created when
+    #                                                         the editor is re-opened.
+    #
+    # _BacnetSlavePlug contains:  AV_ObjTable, ...
+    #                             (these are the objects that actually store the config parameters or 'model'
+    #                              and are therefore stored to a file)
+    #
+    # _BacnetSlavePlug contains:  AV_VarEditor, ...
+    #                             (these are the objects that implement a grid table to edit/view the 
+    #                              corresponding mode parameters)
+    #  
+    #  Logic:
+    #    - The xx_VarEditor classes inherit from wx.grid.Grid
+    #    - The xx_ObjTable  classes inherit from wx.grid.PyGridTableBase
+    #  To be more precise, the inheritance tree is actually:
+    #    xx_VarEditor -> ObjectGrid -> CustomGrid   -> wx.grid.Grid
+    #    xx_ObjTable  -> ObjectTable -> CustomTable -> wx.grid.PyGridTableBase)
+    #
+    #  Note that wx.grid.Grid is prepared to work with wx.grid.PyGridTableBase as the container of
+    #  data that is displayed and edited in the Grid.
+
+    
+    ConfNodeMethods = [
+        {"bitmap"  : "ExportSlave",
+         "name"    : _("Export slave"), 
+         "tooltip" : _("Export BACnet slave to EDE file"),
+         "method"  : "_ExportBacnetSlave"},
+    ]
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Initialize the dictionary that stores the current configuration for the Analog/Digital/MultiValued Variables 
+        #   in this BACnet server.
+        self.ObjTablesData = {}
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "AV_Obj"] = [] # Each list will contain an entry for each row in the xxxxVar grid!!
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "AO_Obj"] = [] #   Each entry/row will be a dictionary
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "AI_Obj"] = [] #     Each dictionary will contain all entries/data 
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "BV_Obj"] = [] #     for one row in the grid.
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "BO_Obj"] = [] # Same structure as explained above...
+        self.ObjTablesData[ "BI_Obj"] = [] # Same structure as explained above...
+        self.ObjTablesData["MSV_Obj"] = [] # Same structure as explained above...
+        self.ObjTablesData["MSO_Obj"] = [] # Same structure as explained above...
+        self.ObjTablesData["MSI_Obj"] = [] # Same structure as explained above...
+        
+        self.ObjTablesData["EDEfile_parm"] = {"next_EDE_file_version":1} 
+                                                # EDE files inlcude extra parameters (ex. file version)
+                                                # We would like to save the parameters the user configures
+                                                # so they are available the next time the user opens the project.
+                                                # Since this plugin is only storing the ObjTablesData[] dict
+                                                # to file, we add that info to this dictionary too.
+                                                # Yes, I know this is kind of a hack.
+        
+        filepath = self.GetFileName()
+        if(os.path.isfile(filepath)):
+            self.LoadFromFile(filepath)
+
+        self.ObjTables = {}
+        self.ObjTables[ "AV_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "AV_Obj"],  AVObject)
+        self.ObjTables[ "AO_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "AO_Obj"],  AOObject)
+        self.ObjTables[ "AI_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "AI_Obj"],  AIObject)
+        self.ObjTables[ "BV_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "BV_Obj"],  BVObject)
+        self.ObjTables[ "BO_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "BO_Obj"],  BOObject)
+        self.ObjTables[ "BI_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData[ "BI_Obj"],  BIObject)
+        self.ObjTables["MSV_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData["MSV_Obj"], MSVObject)
+        self.ObjTables["MSO_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData["MSO_Obj"], MSOObject)
+        self.ObjTables["MSI_Obj"] = ObjectTable(self, self.ObjTablesData["MSI_Obj"], MSIObject)
+        #   list containing the data in the table <--^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
+
+
+    ######################################
+    # Functions to be called by CTNClass #
+    ######################################
+    # The following functions would be somewhat equvalent to virtual functions/methods in C++ classes
+    #  They will be called by the base class (CTNClass) from which this _BacnetSlavePlug class derives.
+    
+    def GetCurrentNodeName(self):
+        return self.CTNName()
+
+    def GetFileName(self):
+        return os.path.join(self.CTNPath(), 'bacnet_slave')
+    
+    def OnCTNSave(self, from_project_path=None):
+       return self.SaveToFile(self.GetFileName())
+
+
+    def CTNTestModified(self):
+        # self.ChangesToSave: Check whether any of the parameters, defined in the XSD above, were changed.
+        #                     This is handled by the ConfigTreeNode class
+        #                     (Remember that no objects are ever instantiated from _BacnetSlavePlug. 
+        #                      Objects are instead created from FinalCTNClass, which derives from
+        #                      _BacnetSlavePlug and ConfigTreeNode. This means that we can exceptionally
+        #                      consider that all objects of type _BacnetSlavePlug will also be a ConfigTreeNode).
+        result = self.ChangesToSave or self.ObjTables[ "AV_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables[ "AO_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables[ "AI_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables[ "BV_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables[ "BO_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables[ "BI_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables["MSV_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables["MSO_Obj"].ChangesToSave \
+                                    or self.ObjTables["MSI_Obj"].ChangesToSave
+        return result
+
+    ### Currently not needed. Override _OpenView() in case we need to do some special stuff whenever the editor is opened!
+    ##def _OpenView(self, name=None, onlyopened=False):
+        ##print "_BacnetSlavePlug._OpenView() Called!!!"
+        ##ConfigTreeNode._OpenView(self, name, onlyopened)
+        ###print self._View
+        #####if self._View is not None:
+            #####self._View.SetBusId(self.GetCurrentLocation())
+        ##return self._View
+
+
+    def GetVariableLocationTree(self):
+        current_location = self.GetCurrentLocation()
+        # see comment in CTNGenerate_C regarding identical line of code!
+        locstr = ".".join(map(str,current_location))
+        
+        # IDs used by BACnet to identify object types/class.
+        #     OBJECT_ANALOG_INPUT       =  0,
+        #     OBJECT_ANALOG_OUTPUT      =  1,
+        #     OBJECT_ANALOG_VALUE       =  2,
+        #     OBJECT_BINARY_INPUT       =  3,
+        #     OBJECT_BINARY_OUTPUT      =  4,
+        #     OBJECT_BINARY_VALUE       =  5,
+        #     OBJECT_MULTI_STATE_INPUT  = 13,
+        #     OBJECT_MULTI_STATE_OUTPUT = 14,
+        #     OBJECT_MULTI_STATE_VALUE  = 19,
+        #
+        #  Since Binary Value, Analog Value, etc. objects may use the same
+        # object ID (since they have distinct class IDs), we must also distinguish them in some way in
+        # the %MX0.3.4 IEC 61131-3 syntax.
+        #
+        # For this reason we add the BACnet class identifier to the %MX0.5.3 location.
+        # For example, for a BACnet plugin in location '0' of the Beremiz configuration tree,
+        #  all      Binary Values will be mapped onto: %MX0.5.xxx    (xxx is object ID)
+        #  all Multi State Values will be mapped onto: %MB0.19.xxx   (xxx is object ID)
+        #  all      Analog Values will be mapped onto: %MD0.2.xxx    (xxx is object ID)
+        #  etc..
+        #
+        #   Value objects will be mapped onto %M
+        #   Input objects will be mapped onto %I
+        #  Output objects will be mapped onto %Q
+                
+        BACnetEntries = []
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "AV_Obj"], 32, 'REAL', 'D', locstr+ '.2', 'Analog Values'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "AO_Obj"], 32, 'REAL', 'D', locstr+ '.1', 'Analog Outputs'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "AI_Obj"], 32, 'REAL', 'D', locstr+ '.0', 'Analog Inputs'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "BV_Obj"],  1, 'BOOL', 'X', locstr+ '.5', 'Binary Values'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "BO_Obj"],  1, 'BOOL', 'X', locstr+ '.4', 'Binary Outputs'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData[ "BI_Obj"],  1, 'BOOL', 'X', locstr+ '.3', 'Binary Inputs'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData["MSV_Obj"],  8, 'BYTE', 'B', locstr+'.19', 'Multi State Values'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData["MSO_Obj"],  8, 'BYTE', 'B', locstr+'.14', 'Multi State Outputs'))
+        BACnetEntries.append(self.GetSlaveLocationTree(
+                      self.ObjTablesData["MSI_Obj"],  8, 'BYTE', 'B', locstr+'.13', 'Multi State Inputs'))
+
+        return  {"name": self.BaseParams.getName(),
+                 "type": LOCATION_CONFNODE,
+                 "location": locstr + ".x",
+                 "children": BACnetEntries}
+
+
+    ############################
+    # Helper functions/methods #
+    ############################
+    # a helper function to GetVariableLocationTree()
+    def GetSlaveLocationTree(self, ObjTablesData, size_in_bits, IECdatatype, location_size, location_str, name):
+        BACnetObjectEntries = []
+        for  xx_ObjProp in ObjTablesData:
+            BACnetObjectEntries.append({
+                "name": str(xx_ObjProp["Object Identifier"]) + ': ' + xx_ObjProp["Object Name"],
+                "type": LOCATION_VAR_MEMORY, # LOCATION_VAR_INPUT, LOCATION_VAR_OUTPUT, or LOCATION_VAR_MEMORY
+                "size": size_in_bits, # 1 or 16
+                "IEC_type": IECdatatype, # 'BOOL', 'WORD', ...
+                "var_name": "var_name", # seems to be ignored??
+                "location": location_size + location_str + "." + str(xx_ObjProp["Object Identifier"]),
+                "description": "description", # seems to be ignored?
+                "children": []})
+        
+        BACnetEntries = []        
+        return  {"name": name,
+                 "type": LOCATION_CONFNODE,
+                 "location": location_str + ".x",
+                 "children": BACnetObjectEntries}
+    
+    
+    # Returns a dictionary with:
+    #      keys: names  of BACnet objects
+    #     value: number of BACnet objects using this same name 
+    #            (values larger than 1 indicates an error as BACnet requires unique names)
+    def GetObjectNamesCount(self):
+        # The dictionary is built by first creating a list containing the names of _ALL_ 
+        # BACnet objects currently configured by the user (using the GUI)
+        ObjectNames = []
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "AV_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "AO_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "AI_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "BV_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "BO_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables[ "BI_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables["MSV_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables["MSO_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        ObjectNames.extend(self.ObjTables["MSI_Obj"].GetAllValuesByName("Object Name"))
+        # This list is then transformed into a collections.Counter class
+        # Which is then transformed into a dictionary using dict()
+        return dict(Counter(ObjectNames))
+      
+    # Check whether the current configuration contains BACnet objects configured
+    # with the same identical object name  (returns True or False)
+    def HasDuplicateObjectNames(self):
+        ObjectNamesCount = self.GetObjectNamesCount()
+        for ObjName in ObjectNamesCount:
+            if ObjectNamesCount[ObjName] > 1:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    # Check whether any object ID is used more than once (not valid in BACnet)
+    # (returns True or False)
+    def HasDuplicateObjectIDs(self):
+        res =        self.ObjTables[ "AV_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables[ "AO_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables[ "AI_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables[ "BV_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables[ "BO_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables[ "BI_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables["MSV_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables["MSO_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        res = res or self.ObjTables["MSI_Obj"].HasDuplicateObjectIDs()
+        return res
+
+    
+    #######################################################
+    # Methods related to files (saving/loading/exporting) #
+    #######################################################
+    def SaveToFile(self, filepath):
+        # Save node data in file
+        # The configuration data declared in the XSD string will be saved by the ConfigTreeNode class,
+        # so we only need to save the data that is stored in ObjTablesData objects
+        # Note that we do not store the ObjTables objects. ObjTables is of a class that 
+        # contains more stuff we do not need to store. Actually it is a bad idea to store
+        # this extra stuff (as we would make the files we generate dependent on the actual
+        # version of the wx library we are using!!! Remember that ObjTables evetually
+        # derives/inherits from wx.grid.PyGridTableBase). Another reason not to store the whole
+        # object is because it is not pickable (i.e. pickle.dump() cannot handle it)!!
+        try:
+            fd = open(filepath,   "w")
+            pickle.dump(self.ObjTablesData, fd)
+            fd.close()
+            # On successfull save, reset flags to indicate no more changes that need saving
+            self.ObjTables[ "AV_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables[ "AO_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables[ "AI_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables[ "BV_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables[ "BO_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables[ "BI_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables["MSV_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables["MSO_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            self.ObjTables["MSI_Obj"].ChangesToSave = False
+            return True
+        except:
+            return _("Unable to save to file \"%s\"!")%filepath
+
+    def LoadFromFile(self, filepath):
+        # Load the data that is saved in SaveToFile()
+        try:
+            fd = open(filepath,   "r")
+            self.ObjTablesData = pickle.load(fd)
+            fd.close()
+            return True
+        except:
+            return _("Unable to load file \"%s\"!")%filepath
+
+    def _ExportBacnetSlave(self):
+        dialog = wx.FileDialog(self.GetCTRoot().AppFrame, 
+                               _("Choose a file"), 
+                               os.path.expanduser("~"), 
+                               "%s_EDE.csv" % self.CTNName(),  
+                               _("EDE files (*_EDE.csv)|*_EDE.csv|All files|*.*"),
+                               wx.SAVE|wx.OVERWRITE_PROMPT)
+        if dialog.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
+            result = self.GenerateEDEFile(dialog.GetPath())
+            result = False
+            if result:
+                self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_error(_("Error: Export slave failed\n"))
+        dialog.Destroy()  
+
+
+    def GenerateEDEFile(self, filename):
+        template_file_dir     = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0],"ede_files")
+        
+        #The BACnetServerNode attribute is added dynamically by ConfigTreeNode._AddParamsMembers()
+        # It will be an XML parser object created by GenerateParserFromXSDstring(self.XSD).CreateRoot()
+        BACnet_Device_ID = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_ID()
+        
+        # The EDE file contains a header that includes general project data (name, author, ...)
+        # Instead of asking the user for this data, we get it from the configuration
+        # of the Beremiz project itself.
+        # We ask the root Config Tree Node for the data...
+        ProjProp = {}
+        FileProp = {}
+        CTN_Root      = self.GetCTRoot()   # this should be an object of class ProjectController
+        Project       = CTN_Root.Project   # this should be an object capable of parsing
+                                           # PLCopen XML files. The parser is created automatically
+                                           # (i.e. using GenerateParserFromXSD() from xmlclass module)
+                                           # using the PLCopen XSD file defining the format of the XML.
+                                           # See the file plcopen/plcopen.py
+        if Project is not None:
+          # getcontentHeader() and getfileHeader() are functions that are conditionally defined in
+          # plcopn/plcopen.py    We cannot rely on their existance
+          if getattr(Project, "getcontentHeader", None) is not None:
+            ProjProp = Project.getcontentHeader()
+            # getcontentHeader() returns a dictionary. Available keys are:
+            # "projectName", "projectVersion", "modificationDateTime", 
+            # "organization", "authorName", "language", "pageSize", "scaling"
+          if getattr(Project, "getfileHeader", None) is not None:
+            FileProp = Project.getfileHeader()
+            # getfileHeader() returns a dictionary. Available keys are:
+            # "companyName", "companyURL", "productName", "productVersion",
+            # "productRelease", "creationDateTime", "contentDescription"
+
+        ProjName   = ""
+        if "projectName" in ProjProp:
+            ProjName    = ProjProp["projectName"]
+        ProjAuthor = ""
+        if "companyName" in FileProp:
+            ProjAuthor += "(" + FileProp["companyName"] + ")"
+        if "authorName" in ProjProp:
+            ProjAuthor  = ProjProp["authorName"] + " " + ProjAuthor
+            
+        projdata_dict = {}
+        projdata_dict["Project Name"]     = ProjName
+        projdata_dict["Project Author"]   = ProjAuthor
+        projdata_dict["Current Time"]     = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+        projdata_dict["EDE file version"] = self.ObjTablesData["EDEfile_parm"]["next_EDE_file_version"]
+
+        # Next time we generate an EDE file, use another version!
+        self.ObjTablesData["EDEfile_parm"]["next_EDE_file_version"] += 1
+
+        AX_params_format = "%(Object Name)s;" + str(BACnet_Device_ID) + ";%(Object Name)s;%(BACnetObjTypeID)s;%(Object Identifier)s;%(Description)s;0;;;%(Settable)s;N;;;;%(Unit ID)s;"
+
+        BX_params_format = "%(Object Name)s;" + str(BACnet_Device_ID) + ";%(Object Name)s;%(BACnetObjTypeID)s;%(Object Identifier)s;%(Description)s;0;0;1;%(Settable)s;N;;;;;"
+
+        MSX_params_format = "%(Object Name)s;" + str(BACnet_Device_ID) + ";%(Object Name)s;%(BACnetObjTypeID)s;%(Object Identifier)s;%(Description)s;1;1;%(Number of States)s;%(Settable)s;N;;;;;"
+        
+        Objects_List = []
+        for  ObjType,     params_format   in [
+            ("AV" ,  AX_params_format ), ("AO" ,  AX_params_format ), ("AI" ,  AX_params_format ),
+            ("BV" ,  BX_params_format ), ("BO" ,  BX_params_format ), ("BI" ,  BX_params_format ),
+            ("MSV", MSX_params_format ), ("MSO", MSX_params_format ), ("MSI", MSX_params_format )
+            ]:
+            self.ObjTables[ObjType + "_Obj"].UpdateAllVirtualProperties()
+            for ObjProp in self.ObjTablesData[ObjType + "_Obj"]:
+                Objects_List.append(params_format % ObjProp)
+        
+        # Normalize filename
+        for extension in ["_EDE.csv", "_ObjTypes.csv", "_StateTexts.csv", "_Units.csv"]:
+            if filename.lower().endswith(extension.lower()):
+                filename = filename[:-len(extension)]
+        
+        # EDE_header
+        generate_file_name    = filename + "_EDE.csv"
+        template_file_name    = os.path.join(template_file_dir,"template_EDE.csv")
+        generate_file_content = open(template_file_name).read() % projdata_dict
+        generate_file_handle  = open(generate_file_name,'w')
+        generate_file_handle  .write(generate_file_content)
+        generate_file_handle  .write("\n".join(Objects_List))
+        generate_file_handle  .close()
+        
+        # templates of remaining files do not need changes. They are simply copied unchanged!
+        for extension in ["_ObjTypes.csv", "_StateTexts.csv", "_Units.csv"]:
+            generate_file_name    = filename + extension
+            template_file_name    = os.path.join(template_file_dir,"template" + extension)
+            generate_file_content = open(template_file_name).read()
+            generate_file_handle  = open(generate_file_name,'w')
+            generate_file_handle  .write(generate_file_content)
+            generate_file_handle  .close()
+
+    
+    #############################
+    # Generate the source files #
+    #############################
+    def CTNGenerate_C(self, buildpath, locations):        
+        # Determine the current location in Beremiz's project configuration tree 
+        current_location = self.GetCurrentLocation()
+        # The current location of this plugin in Beremiz's configuration tree, separated by underscores 
+        #  NOTE: Since BACnet plugin currently does not use sub-branches in the tree (in other words, this
+        #        _BacnetSlavePlug class was actually renamed as the RootClass), the current_location_dots
+        #        will actually be a single number (e.g.: 0 or 3 or 6, corresponding to the location
+        #        in which the plugin was inserted in the Beremiz configuration tree on Beremiz's left panel).
+        locstr = "_".join(map(str,current_location))
+
+        # First check whether all the current parameters (inserted by user in the GUI) are valid...
+        if self.HasDuplicateObjectNames():
+            self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_warning(_("Error: BACnet server '%s.x: %s' contains objects with duplicate object names.\n")%(locstr, self.CTNName()))
+            raise Exception, False
+            # TODO: return an error code instead of raising an exception (currently unsupported by Beremiz)
+
+        if self.HasDuplicateObjectIDs():
+            self.GetCTRoot().logger.write_warning(_("Error: BACnet server '%s.x: %s' contains objects with duplicate object identifiers.\n")%(locstr, self.CTNName()))
+            raise Exception, False
+            # TODO: return an error code instead of raising an exception (currently unsupported by Beremiz)
+            
+        #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        # Create and populate the loc_dict dictionary with all parameters needed to configure
+        #  the generated source code (.c and .h files)
+        #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        
+        # 1) Create the dictionary (loc_dict = {})
+        loc_dict = {}
+        loc_dict["locstr"]              =         locstr
+
+        #The BACnetServerNode attribute is added dynamically by ConfigTreeNode._AddParamsMembers()
+        # It will be an XML parser object created by GenerateParserFromXSDstring(self.XSD).CreateRoot()
+        loc_dict["network_interface"]            = self.BACnetServerNode.getNetwork_Interface()
+        loc_dict["port_number"]                  = self.BACnetServerNode.getUDP_Port_Number()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Device_ID"]             = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_ID()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Device_Name"]           = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_Name()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Comm_Control_Password"] = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Communication_Control_Password()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Device_Location"]       = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_Location()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Device_Description"]    = self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_Description()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Device_AppSoft_Version"]= self.BACnetServerNode.getBACnet_Device_Application_Software_Version()
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Vendor_ID"] = BACNET_VENDOR_ID
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Vendor_Name"] = BACNET_VENDOR_NAME
+        loc_dict["BACnet_Model_Name"] = BACNET_DEVICE_MODEL_NAME
+
+        # 2) Add the data specific to each BACnet object type
+        # For each BACnet object type, start off by creating some intermediate helpful lists
+        #  a) parameters_list containing the strings that will
+        #     be included in the C source code, and which will initialize the struct with the 
+        #     object (Analog Value, Binary Value, or Multi State Value) parameters
+        #  b) locatedvar_list containing the strings that will
+        #     declare the memory to store the located variables, as well as the 
+        #     pointers (required by matiec) that point to that memory.
+
+        # format for delaring IEC 61131-3 variable (and pointer) onto which BACnet object is mapped
+        locvar_format = '%(Ctype)s ___%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s; ' + \
+                        '%(Ctype)s *__%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s = &___%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s;'
+
+        # format for initializing a ANALOG_VALUE_DESCR struct in C code
+        #    also valid for ANALOG_INPUT and ANALOG_OUTPUT
+        AX_params_format = '{&___%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s, ' + \
+                          '%(Object Identifier)s, "%(Object Name)s", "%(Description)s", %(Unit ID)d}'
+        # format for initializing a BINARY_VALUE_DESCR struct in C code
+        #    also valid for BINARY_INPUT and BINARY_OUTPUT
+        BX_params_format = '{&___%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s, ' + \
+                          '%(Object Identifier)s, "%(Object Name)s", "%(Description)s"}'
+
+        # format for initializing a MULTISTATE_VALUE_DESCR struct in C code
+        #    also valid for MULTISTATE_INPUT and MULTISTATE_OUTPUT
+        MSX_params_format = '{&___%(loc)s_%(Object Identifier)s, ' + \
+                           '%(Object Identifier)s, "%(Object Name)s", "%(Description)s", %(Number of States)s}'
+
+        AV_locstr  = 'MD' + locstr+'_2'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_2'
+        AO_locstr  = 'QD' + locstr+'_1'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_1'
+        AI_locstr  = 'ID' + locstr+'_0'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_0'
+        BV_locstr  = 'MX' + locstr+'_5'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_5'
+        BO_locstr  = 'QX' + locstr+'_4'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_4'
+        BI_locstr  = 'IX' + locstr+'_3'  # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_3'
+        MSV_locstr = 'MB' + locstr+'_19' # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_19'
+        MSO_locstr = 'QB' + locstr+'_14' # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_14'
+        MSI_locstr = 'IB' + locstr+'_13' # see the comment in GetVariableLocationTree() to grok the '_13'
+        
+        
+        for  ObjType,  ObjLocStr,     params_format   in [
+            ("AV"   ,  AV_locstr,  AX_params_format ),
+            ("AO"   ,  AO_locstr,  AX_params_format ),
+            ("AI"   ,  AI_locstr,  AX_params_format ),
+            ("BV"   ,  BV_locstr,  BX_params_format ),
+            ("BO"   ,  BO_locstr,  BX_params_format ),
+            ("BI"   ,  BI_locstr,  BX_params_format ),
+            ("MSV"  , MSV_locstr, MSX_params_format ),
+            ("MSO"  , MSO_locstr, MSX_params_format ),
+            ("MSI"  , MSI_locstr, MSX_params_format )
+            ]:
+            parameters_list = []
+            locatedvar_list = []
+            self.ObjTables[ObjType + "_Obj"].UpdateAllVirtualProperties()
+            for ObjProp in self.ObjTablesData[ObjType + "_Obj"]:
+                ObjProp["loc" ] = ObjLocStr
+                parameters_list.append(params_format % ObjProp)
+                locatedvar_list.append(locvar_format % ObjProp)
+            loc_dict[ ObjType + "_count"]           =          len( parameters_list )
+            loc_dict[ ObjType + "_param"]           =   ",\n".join( parameters_list )
+            loc_dict[ ObjType + "_lvars"]           =    "\n".join( locatedvar_list )
+
+        #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        # Create the C source files that implement the BACnet server
+        #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        
+        # Names of the .c files that will be generated, based on a template file with same name
+        #   (names without '.c'  --> this will be added later)
+        #   main server.c file is handled separately
+        Generated_BACnet_c_mainfile = "server"
+        Generated_BACnet_c_files = ["ai", "ao", "av", "bi", "bo", "bv", "msi", "mso", "msv", "device"]
+
+        # Names of the .h files that will be generated, based on a template file with same name
+        #   (names without '.h'  --> this will be added later)
+        Generated_BACnet_h_files = ["server", "device", "config_bacnet_for_beremiz",
+                                    "ai", "ao", "av", "bi", "bo", "bv", "msi", "mso", "msv"
+                                   ]
+
+        # Generate the files with the source code
+        postfix = "_".join(map(str, current_location))
+        template_file_dir     = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0],"runtime")
+        
+        def generate_file(file_name, extension): 
+            generate_file_name    = os.path.join(buildpath, "%s_%s.%s"%(file_name,postfix,extension))
+            template_file_name    = os.path.join(template_file_dir,"%s.%s"%(file_name,extension))
+            generate_file_content = open(template_file_name).read() % loc_dict
+            generate_file_handle  = open(generate_file_name,'w')
+            generate_file_handle  .write(generate_file_content)
+            generate_file_handle  .close()
+
+        for file_name in Generated_BACnet_c_files:
+            generate_file(file_name, "c")
+        for file_name in Generated_BACnet_h_files:
+            generate_file(file_name, "h")
+        generate_file(Generated_BACnet_c_mainfile, "c")
+        Generated_BACnet_c_mainfile_name = \
+            os.path.join(buildpath, "%s_%s.%s"%(Generated_BACnet_c_mainfile,postfix,"c"))
+
+        #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        # Finally, define the compilation and linking commands and flags
+        #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        
+        LDFLAGS = []
+        # when using dynamically linked library...
+        #LDFLAGS.append(' -lbacnet')   
+        #LDFLAGS.append(' -L"'+BacnetLibraryPath+'"')
+        #LDFLAGS.append(' "-Wl,-rpath,' + BacnetLibraryPath + '"')
+        # when using static library:
+        LDFLAGS.append(' "'+os.path.join(BacnetLibraryPath, "libbacnet.a")+'"')  
+
+        CFLAGS   = ' -I"'+BacnetIncludePath+'"'
+        CFLAGS  += ' -I"'+BacnetIncludePortPath+'"'
+        
+        return [(Generated_BACnet_c_mainfile_name, CFLAGS)], LDFLAGS, True
+
+
+
+###################################################
+###################################################
+#                                                 #
+#             R O O T    C L A S S                # 
+#                                                 #
+###################################################
+###################################################
+#class RootClass:
+    #XSD = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
+    #<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+      #<xsd:element name="BACnetRoot">
+      #</xsd:element>
+    #</xsd:schema>
+    #"""
+    #CTNChildrenTypes = [("BacnetSlave", _BacnetSlavePlug,  "Bacnet Slave")
+                       ##,("XXX",_XXXXPlug, "XXX")
+                       #]
+    
+    #def CTNGenerate_C(self, buildpath, locations):        
+        #return [], "", True