bacnet/bacnet.py
author Edouard Tisserant
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:36:09 +0200
changeset 2246 51047284cb0e
parent 2020 6dddf3070806
child 2250 86f61c4dfe76
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pep8 on runtime/NevowServer.py
#!/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"

###################################################
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#                                                 #
#           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



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#                                                 #
#             R O O T    C L A S S                # 
#                                                 #
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#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