Title :
Virtual industrial Ethernet devices for testing purposes
Author :
Matzler, Stefan ; Lehmann, Rudiger ; Theurich, Stefan ; Dennert, Alexander ; Wollschlaeger, Martin
Abstract :
In this article an approach towards a modular generic field device, running on standard PC-hardware is presented. The work focusses on generating large numbers of software devices to be employed in stress test scenarios. The concept is based upon open source operating systems and virtualization. The design decisions regarding platform and device structure are discussed in detail. Furthermore a forecast on future real time capabilities of the approach is presented.
Keywords :
decision making; local area networks; production engineering computing; public domain software; real-time systems; testing; virtualisation; design decisions; device structure; modular generic field device; open source operating systems; real time capabilities; software devices; standard PC-hardware; stress test scenarios; testing purposes; virtual industrial Ethernet devices; virtualization;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2012 IEEE 17th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Krakow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4735-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0740
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489698
