Title :
BR-Tool: a real-time bus monitoring and validation system for fieldbus-based industrial automation applications
Author :
Hüsemann, Ronaldo ; Pereira, Carlos Eduardo
Author_Institution :
DELET, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents BR-Tool, a multi-protocol bus monitoring and temporal validation software developed to provide temporal validation of fieldbus-based automation applications. BR-Tool monitors communication on industrial networks during real operation and compares acquired data with temporal requirements previously specified. Two industrial case studies are presented in this paper: the first one is a PROFIBUS-DP based manufacturing system, and the second one deals with a energy control system application based on CANOpen protocol.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; controller area networks; field buses; manufacturing data processing; manufacturing systems; protocols; real-time systems; software engineering; CANopen protocol; PROFIBUS-DP based manufacturing system; control system application; controller area networks; fieldbus based industrial automation applications; industrial networks; multiprotocol bus monitoring; real-time bus monitoring; software validation development; Application software; Automatic control; Communication industry; Computerized monitoring; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Real time systems;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ETFA '03. IEEE Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7937-3
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2003.1247700
