ads-client-subscribe-twincat-logger.js

/*
Example how to subscribe and handle TwinCAT Logger data
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const ads = require('ads-client');
const long = require('long'); //Required to handle FILETIME

const client = new ads.Client({
  targetAmsNetId: 'localhost',
  targetAdsPort: 100,
  bareClient: true
});

/**
 * Converts msgType to array of message types
 * @param {number} msgTypeMask 
 * @returns 
 */
const convertMsgType = (msgTypeMask) => {
  let strs = [];

  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x1) == 0x1)
    strs.push('hint')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x2) == 0x2)
    strs.push('warning')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x4) == 0x4)
    strs.push('error')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x10) == 0x10)
    strs.push('log')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x20) == 0x20)
    strs.push('msgbox')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x40) == 0x40)
    strs.push('resource')
  if ((msgTypeMask & 0x80) == 0x80)
    strs.push('string')

  return strs;
}

/**
 * Unpacks received TwinCAT Logger entry to object
 * @param {Buffer} data 
 * @returns 
 */
const unpackTwinCatLoggerEntry = (data) => {
  let pos = 0;
  const row = {};
  const _unknown = {};
  
  //0..7 - timestamp
  row.timestamp = new Date(new long(data.readUInt32LE(pos), data.readUInt32LE(pos + 4)).div(10000).sub(11644473600000).toNumber());
  pos += 8;

  //8 - message type
  row.msgTypeMask = data.readUint8(pos);
  row.msgTypes = convertMsgType(row.msgTypeMask);
  pos += 1;

  //9 - unknown byte
  _unknown.byte_9 = data.readUint8(pos);
  pos += 1;

  //10 - unknown byte
  _unknown.byte_10 = data.readUint8(pos);
  pos += 1;

  //11 - unknown byte
  _unknown.byte_11 = data.readUint8(pos);
  pos += 1;

  //12..13 - sender ADS port
  row.senderAdsPort = data.readUint16LE(pos);
  pos += 2;

  //14 - unknown byte
  _unknown.byte_14 = data.readUint8(pos);
  pos += 1;

  //15 - unknown byte
  _unknown.byte_15 = data.readUint8(pos);
  pos += 1;

  //16..n - sender and payload string
  //There are also few bytes of unknown data between sender and msg, not handled here
  let str = data.slice(pos).toString().slice(0, -1);

  //Sender is from start of string until \0
  row.sender = str.substr(0, str.indexOf("\0"));

  //Message is from end until \0
  row.msg = str.substr(str.lastIndexOf("\0") + 1);

  //Uncomment to add unknown bytes to object
  //row._unknown = _unknown;

  //Uncomment to add raw data to object
  //row._raw = data;

  return row;
}

//Following can be used to test
//unpackTwinCatLoggerEntry(Buffer.from('50d8be9f72d6d80101000000102700005477696e4341542053797374656d00002000000054635254696d652053657276657220737461727465643a2054635254696d652e00', 'hex'));

client.connect()
  .then(async res => {
    console.log(`Connected to the ${res.targetAmsNetId}`);
    console.log(`Router assigned us AmsNetId ${res.localAmsNetId} and port ${res.localAdsPort}`);

    await client.subscribeRaw(1, 0xffff, 1024, data => {
      const entry = unpackTwinCatLoggerEntry(data.value);

      console.log(entry);
      
    }, 0, false); //Note: cyclic and 0ms cycle time

    console.log('Subscribed');    
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Something failed:', err)
  })

Related to:
https://jisotalo.github.io/subscribing-to-twincat-logger-in-nodejs/

Example output:

Connected to the 127.0.0.1.1.1
Router assigned us AmsNetId 192.168.5.131.1.1 and port 33805
Subscribed
{
  timestamp: 2022-10-02T18:51:05.496Z,
  msgTypeMask: 1,
  msgTypes: [ 'hint' ],
  senderAdsPort: 10000,
  sender: 'TwinCAT System',
  msg: 'TwinCAT System Restart initiated from AmsNetId: 192.168.5.131.1.1 port 33195.'
}
{
  timestamp: 2022-10-02T18:51:05.525Z,
  msgTypeMask: 1,
  msgTypes: [ 'hint' ],
  senderAdsPort: 10000,
  sender: 'TwinCAT System',
  msg: 'Saving configuration of COM server TcEventLogger !'
}
{
  timestamp: 2022-10-02T18:51:06.252Z,
  msgTypeMask: 1,
  msgTypes: [ 'hint' ],
  senderAdsPort: 10000,
  sender: 'TwinCAT System',
  msg: 'Shutting down COM Server TcEventLogger !'
}