FBLab, an IEC61499 based software tool for modeling of distributed control systems

Author

Jamshidifar, Ali A. ; Afshar, Ahmad ; Salari, Afshar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Amirkabir Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

23-25 June 2003

Firstpage

1345

Abstract

IEC61499 is a new standard for modeling of distributed control systems (DCS) using function blocks. In this paper, prototype software (FBLab), which can be applied to modeling of DCS based on this standard, is presented. FBLab supports the main features of the standard like different types of function blocks, interfacing with I/O and remote devices. A sample DCS example including several environmental chambers, where each of them can be considered as a local control system, has been modeled using this software. To show some of the IEC61499 features, this example has been configured as a client-server system as is demonstrated in this paper.

Keywords

IEC standards; computerised control; control systems; distributed control; modelling; software prototyping; software tools; DCS; FBLab; I/O interface; IEC61499; client-server system; distributed control system; environmental chamber; function blocks; local control system; modeling; prototype software; remote device; software tool; Automation; Client-server systems; Control system synthesis; Distributed control; Object oriented modeling; Remuneration; Software prototyping; Software standards; Software tools; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 2003. CCA 2003. Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7729-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.2003.1223207

Filename

1223207