Generating project installation package using command line

[Mohammed_Ali (Mohammed Ali Bentaleb)]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a way to create Project Installation Package via cmd prompt (USB installation package).
I couln’t find the appropriate command on the “C:\BrAutomation\AS412\bin-en”

Thank you,

[david.nytko]

Hello,
I do not believe there is any direct command operation to create a PIP.
What is your goal?
The Runtime Utility Center package may be of some help.

[tommi.piiparinen]

This is not possible directly, Runtime Utility Center is required as an extra step.

This message and the whole thread should include useful information. A bit different usecase, but using RUC to create a PIP package instead of ArSim instance does the trick.

Automation Studio API

Hello, You are correct that an ARSim instance is needed. RUC can spin this up for you. I have used a separate “UnitTesting” configuration in Automation Studio for this and I first build a RUC package for this unit testing configuration, then i use RUC to start the ARSim instance and then it is possible to run the unit tests with HTTP requests. I used a powershell script to run the tests and parse the results so that I could return either a pass or fail value. Automation Help: Using the Unit T…

[christoph.hilchenbac (Christoph Hilchenbach)]

here is the description of just BR.AS.RUCPackageCreator.exe:

B&R Online Help

[Mohammed_Ali (Mohammed Ali Bentaleb)]

Hello,

@david.nytko We use USB stick to update the program on PLC. In my project, I have 3 configurations, I tought it will be easier to automate the creation of the Packages.

I will dig into using Runtime Utility Center. Never used it before, but i will use the docs provided by @tommi.piiparinen and @christoph.hilchenbac

Thank you all,