Automatic Generation of AWL Code from IEC 61499 Applications

Author

Ferrarini, Luca ; Romanò, Marco ; Veber, Carlo

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2006

fDate

16-18 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

30

Abstract

The paper deals with the implementation of IEC 61499 applications into executable code. In particular, this work concerns the automatic conversion of a IEC 61499 application into an AWL application executable on a standard Siemens PLC. The IEC 61499 Standard defines an application as a network made of Function Blocks and event/data connections. The behaviour of a single Function Block and of an application is also specified in the standard. At the moment, there are no industrial solutions supporting this standard: from that the need to cover the gap between the standard and the existing legacy devices.

Keywords

IEC standards; program compilers; programmable controllers; programming languages; software maintenance; IEC 61499 Standard; automatic code generation; executable code; legacy devices; single function block; standard Siemens PLC; Application software; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Code standards; Control charts; Electrical equipment industry; IEC standards; Industrial control; Java; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Informatics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9700-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9701-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDIN.2006.275712

Filename

4053357