Title :
SidneyChart: A statechart GUI for SOA orchestration in autonomous industrial systems
Author :
Malaca, Pedro ; Veiga, Germano ; Pires, Norberto
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Abstract :
In the present industrial manufacturing scenario it is required that work cells would be easier to manipulate. Therefore there is a demand for simple orchestration techniques of different industrial devices, such as vision systems, cameras, sensors, PLCs, pocket-PCs. This paper meets this need by implementing a dynamic graphical user interface (GUI) based on the StateCharts concept. The paper describes the choices made in the construction, namely regarding the handling of hierarchy and discusses their implications in the effectiveness of the GUI. Some tests made with the software that resulted from this paper also show that the introduction of a GUI that represents event-based systems, like StateCharts, could be a precise and simple tool for the construction of complex industrial cells by non-expert users.
Keywords :
control charts; graphical user interfaces; industrial control; manufacturing industries; service-oriented architecture; GUI; SOA orchestration; StateCharts concept; autonomous industrial systems; graphical user interface; industrial manufacturing scenario; Data models; Graphical user interfaces; Programming; Service oriented architecture; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2011 9th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Caparica, Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0435-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0433-8
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2011.6034880
