Update IronPLC

There is normally a new IronPLC release every Monday. There is no automatic mechanism to distribute updates.

Update Steps

Follow the steps below to update IronPLC.

Update IronPLC CLI

  1. In search on the taskbar, enter Control Panel and select it from the results.

  2. Select Programs ‣ Programs and Features.

  3. Right-click (or press and hold) on IronPLC and select Uninstall/Change. Then follow the directions on the screen.

  4. Download the latest IronPLC installer from IronPLC GitHub releases:

  5. Run the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation of the CLI.

Update IronPLC Extension

  1. Download the latest IronPLC extension ironplc-vscode-extension.vsix from IronPLC GitHub releases.

Run your development environment, then:

  1. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in Activity Bar on the side of the window or using the View: Extensions command (Ctrl+Shift+X).

  2. In the Extensions view, select … (View and More Actions) ‣ Install from VSIX… button.

  3. In the Install from VISX dialog, select the VISX file you downloaded earlier.

Update IronPLC CLI

If you installed IronPLC with Homebrew, open a Terminal and run:

brew update
brew upgrade ironplc

If you installed IronPLC with the install script, open a Terminal and re-run the script to install the latest version:

curl -fsSL https://www.ironplc.com/install.sh | sh

Update IronPLC Extension

  1. Download the latest IronPLC extension ironplc-vscode-extension.vsix from IronPLC GitHub releases.

Run your development environment, then:

  1. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in Activity Bar on the side of the window or using the View: Extensions command (⌘+Shift+X).

  2. In the Extensions view, select … (View and More Actions) ‣ Install from VSIX… button.

  3. In the dialog, select the VISX file you downloaded earlier.

Update IronPLC CLI

Open a terminal and re-run the install script to install the latest version:

curl -fsSL https://www.ironplc.com/install.sh | sh

Update IronPLC Extension

  1. Download the latest IronPLC extension ironplc-vscode-extension.vsix from IronPLC GitHub releases.

Run your development environment, then:

  1. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in Activity Bar on the side of the window or using the View: Extensions command (Ctrl+Shift+X).

  2. In the Extensions view, select … (View and More Actions) ‣ Install from VSIX… button.

  3. In the dialog, select the VISX file you downloaded earlier.