Java in industrial automation-a virtual PLC

Author

Grabner, Mario ; Leonhartsberger, Gerhard ; Leutgeb, Alexander ; Altmann, Josef

Author_Institution

Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

477

Lastpage

479

Abstract

Remote access of a Programmable Logical Control (PLC) is the prerequisite for an effective maintenance. We present an architecture for the development of tools supporting the installation, configuration, maintenance, supervision, and diagnosis of remote PLCs via the Internet. The developed architecture, called Virtual PLC, consists of a set of extensible components describing a real PLC. The Virtual PLC uses Java ^TM Technology to be platform independent. The Virtual PLC enables developers to rapidly implement tools for remote diagnosis, supervision and maintenance of a real PLC

Keywords

Java; industrial control; programmable controllers; Internet; Java; Virtual PLC; configuration; industrial automation; installation; maintenance; programmable logical control; remote access; remote diagnosis; supervision; Application software; Automatic control; Automation; Computer architecture; Internet; Java; Network servers; Production systems; Programmable control; Software maintenance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2001. COMPSAC 2001. 25th Annual International

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

0730-3157

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1372-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960656

Filename

960656