An Approach for Fully Integrated Automation in Heterogeneous Industrial Control Network

Author

Gang-Yan, Li ; Jun, Xu

Author_Institution

Scholl of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China

Volume

3

fYear

2009

fDate

10-11 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

10

Abstract

An approach for fully integrated automation with Profibus and protocol conversion gateway is proposed and implemented within an industrial control network consisting of different kinds of devices, as there are several fieldbus subsystems and Ethernet segment coexisting. Based on the analysis of Profibus protocol, a design scheme for Profibus-DP communication interface to implement master or slave functions was presented. Aiming at realizing interoperation between Profibus devices and other fieldbus devices, a gateway system for protocol conversion is designed. Profinet technology is adopted to encapsulate Profibus devices into Profinet components, which provides an efficient way to connect fieldbus device to industrial Ethernet by means of node-to-node communication.

Keywords

field buses; industrial control; local area networks; open systems; protocols; Profibus device; Profibus protocol; Profibus-DP communication interface; Profinet technology; fieldbus device; fieldbus subsystem; heterogeneous industrial control network; interoperation; node-to-node communication; protocol conversion gateway; Access protocols; Automation; Communication industry; Communication system control; Electrical equipment industry; Ethernet networks; Field buses; Industrial control; Master-slave; Process control; integrated automation; profinet; protocol conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Computation Technology and Automation, 2009. ICICTA '09. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changsha, Hunan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3804-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICTA.2009.469

Filename

5287875