Title :
Automation of specification process for PLC control systems software
Author :
Rihar, M. ; Godena, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Autom. Control, Jozef Stefan Inst., Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Abstract :
The specification process for advanced industrial process control systems should be conducted by means of a methodology that takes into consideration the specification of control functions and the system architecture. For the domain of industrial process control by PLCs, we have implemented the automation of the specification process within a pragmatic low-cost and easy to use CASE environment, comprising commercial computer tools extended by a dedicated software. Such an environment makes possible domain-oriented non-redundant data entry, automatic data expansion and transfer into the CASE tool repository, and remains an advantage of CASE tool generic functions
Keywords :
automatic programming; computer aided software engineering; control system CAD; formal specification; process control; programmable controllers; CASE environment; CASE tool generic functions; CASE tool repository; PLC control systems software; advanced industrial process control systems; automatic data expansion; commercial computer tools; dedicated software; domain-oriented non-redundant data entry; industrial process control; specification process automation; system architecture; Automatic control; Automation; Computer aided software engineering; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Process control; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1999. Proceedings. ETFA '99. 1999 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5670-5
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1999.813137
