Modelling and implementing the control of automated production systems using statecharts and PLC programming languages

Author

Machado, Jose M. ; Louni, Farid ; Faure, Jean-Marc ; Lesage, Jean-Jacques ; Ferreira da Silva, Jaime C. L. ; Roussel, Jean-Marc

Author_Institution

Mech. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

fYear

2001

fDate

4-7 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

1019

Lastpage

1024

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the applicability of statecharts for the discrete control of production systems. We show first how it is possible to build a control model described with the statecharts formalism and taking into account : The operating modes and the physical structure of the system; The behaviour of different kinds of actuators. Then we present a method enabling one to obtain a PLC program in IEC 61131-3 languages from the statecharts model previously elaborated. An application example illustrates these two points.

Keywords

control engineering computing; diagrams; discrete event systems; production control; programmable controllers; programming languages; APS; PLC programming language; actuator behaviour; automated production system; discrete control; production system control; statechart formalism; Actuators; Biological system modeling; Europe; Facsimile; IEC standards; Production systems; Automated Production Systems; Discrete Events Systems; IEC 61131-3 languages; Statecharts;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (ECC), 2001 European

Conference_Location

Porto

Print_ISBN

978-3-9524173-6-2

Type

conf

Filename

7076047