Redesign Distributed PLC Control Systems Using IEC 61499 Function Blocks

Author

Dai, Wenbin ; Vyatkin, Valeriy

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

401

Abstract

The IEC 61499 Function Block architecture is considered as the next generation of programmable control technology promoting distributed control in automation. In this paper, the redesign methodologies from the PLC control to the event-driven architecture of IEC 61499 function blocks are proposed. A general set of translation steps and mapping rules for redesigning applications from IEC 61131-3 PLC to IEC 61499 Function Blocks is provided. Three different redesign approaches are proposed: object-oriented conversion approach, object-oriented reuse approach, and class-oriented approach. These approaches are to be applied for different design styles of the source PLC code. The data handling efficiency of all approaches is investigated. An airport baggage handling system is chosen as the case study for the redesign process. The rules and limitations are summarized and guidelines for the redesign process are provided.

Keywords

IEC standards; airports; control system synthesis; data handling; distributed control; programmable controllers; IEC 61131-3 PLC; IEC 61499 function block architecture; airport baggage handling system; class-oriented approach; data handling; distributed PLC control system redesign methodology; event-driven architecture; mapping rules; object-oriented conversion; object-oriented reuse approach; programmable control technology; redesign process; redesigning application; source PLC code; Airports; Automation; Distributed control; IEC standards; Object oriented modeling; Peer to peer computing; Data handling in distributed system; IEC 61131-3; IEC 61499; distributed control systems design; programmable logical controllers (PLC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-5955

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASE.2012.2188794

Filename

6163387