Remote tuning of a PID position controller via Internet

Author

Batur, Celal ; Ma, Qi ; Larson, Kevin ; Kettenbauer, Norman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Akron Univ., OH, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

4403

Abstract

A PID controller of a DC motor-based position control system is tuned remotely via the Internet. This demonstration, which is realized by a set of readily available software, shows that the Internet can be used as an effective communication tool for remote control applications. The position control implemented an Allen Bradley SLC 500 programmable logic controller. The controller tuning is accomplished remotely using the Ziegler-Nichols rules. The paper discusses two problems associated with such applications: one is the unpredictable communication delays over the Internet system, and the other is the reliability of such a controller tuning methodology

Keywords

Internet; delays; position control; programmable controllers; reliability; telecontrol; three-term control; tuning; Allen Bradley SLC 500; DC motor; Internet; PID controller; PLC; Ziegler-Nichols rules; communication delays; position control system; programmable logic controller; reliability; remote control; Application software; Communication effectiveness; Communication system control; Control systems; Delay; Internet; Position control; Programmable control; Software tools; Three-term control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5519-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2000.877054

Filename

877054