DriveServer-significantly reduce in engineering expense

Author

Riedl, Matthias ; Thron, Mario ; Hadlich, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. for Autom. & Commun. Magdeburg e.V., Barleben, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

285

Abstract

Intelligent drives are a main element for modern production systems. They not only fulfil their well known drive tasks, but they also provide complex technology functions. The connection between the drives and to the higher automation layers is done by using a variety of fieldbus systems. The problem is the presentation of the drive to the user (engineering, commissioning, etc.). This must be done by using standardised interfaces, independent from proprietary or fieldbus specific technologies. The DRIVECOM user-group, a consortium of leading drive vendors, is developing a specification called DriveServer, which standardises the communication interface to drives. This specification is based on the OPC (OLE for Process Control) standard. ifak is developing an example DriveServer within these activities, which uses an XML based device description

Keywords

data communication; field buses; hypermedia markup languages; intelligent control; machine control; motor drives; process control; DRIVECOM user-group; DriveServer; OPC standard; XML based device description; automation layers; communication interface standardisation; drive vendors; engineering expense reduction; fieldbus systems; ifak; intelligent drive controllers; intelligent drives; standardised interfaces; technology functions; Automatic control; Automation; Communication system control; Control systems; Drives; Field buses; Machine intelligence; Manufacturing; Modems; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2001. IECON '01. The 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2001.976495

Filename

976495