Applied meta-modelling to convert IEC 61499 applications into Step7 environment

Author

Ferrarini, Luca ; Veber, Carlo ; Ferrari, Fulvio ; Fogliazza, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 July 2007

Firstpage

2059

Lastpage

2064

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of converting high-level specification of automation functions into existing legacy devices programming environments. In particular, the aim of this paper is to specify, design and implement a conversion system to convert IEC 61499 standard models (applications and function blocks) into an executable language for PLC like AWL of Siemens Step7 suite. In detail, the paper investigates the adoption of meta-modelling techniques and in particular XMF-Mosaic software tool, to implement the overall conversion system.

Keywords

IEC standards; control engineering computing; formal specification; programmable controllers; programming environments; software tools; IEC 61499 application; IEC 61499 standard model; PLC like AWL; Siemens Step7 suite; Step7 environment; XMF-Mosaic software tool; applied meta-modelling; automation function; conversion system; executable language; high-level specification; legacy devices programming environment; meta-modelling technique; Abstracts; IEC standards; Object oriented modeling; Syntactics; Unified modeling language; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (ECC), 2007 European

Conference_Location

Kos

Print_ISBN

978-3-9524173-8-6

Type

conf

Filename

7068991