systemdumpy

systemdump.py

create and load a system dump for B&R PLC from the command line

read what a systemdump is good for

Intention

I regularly had to create lots of system dumps from multiple machines and was tired of always using the websites to do it. So I wrote this Python script to automate this work with e.g. a batchfile.

Installation

install Python from web page https://www.python.org/. I used the 3.9.6.

py -m pip install systemdumpy

Examples

create a dump and store it

py -m systemdumpy 192.168.0.100 -cuv -p MyCPU_

create a systemdump on 192.168.0.100
upload systemdump from 192.168.0.100
saving MyCPU_BuR_SDM_Sysdump_2021-07-09_11-51-55.tar.gz (2820986) bytes

delete the last systemdump from PLC

py -m systemdumpy 192.168.0.100 -dv

create a inventory list (*xlsx) from file

py -m systemdumpy BuR_SDM_Sysdump_2021-07-09_17-43-05.tar.gz -iv

usage

usage: systemdumpy [-h] [-c] [-n] [-u] [-d] [-p PREFIX] [-i] [-v] [--version] target

positional arguments:
  target                remote PLC IP address or name or systemdump file (*.targ.gz)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --create          create a dump on (remote) target
  -n, --nofiles         don't include data files (logger, NCT etc.)
  -u, --upload          upload from (remote) target and store to file
  -d, --delete          delete dump from target
  -p PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX
                        prepend this PREFIX for system dump filename after upload
  -i, --inventory       create a hardware inventory list (*.xlsx)
  -v, --verbose         show messages
  --version             show program's version number and exit