OLE Process Control (OPC) is an industry standard that facilitates the communication between PCs and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). This communication allows for the testing of control systems with an emulation model. When models require faster and higher volume communications, limitations within OPC prevent this. In this paper an interface is developed to allow high speed and high volume communications between a PC and PLC enabling the emulation of larger and more complex control systems and their models. By switching control of elements within the model between the model engine and the control system it is possible to use the model to validate the system design, test the real world control systems and visualise real world operation.
History
Pagination
1028 - 1034
Location
Washington, D.C.
Open access
Yes
Start date
2007-12-09
End date
2007-12-12
ISBN-13
9781424413065
ISBN-10
1424413060
Language
eng
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Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2007, IEEE
Editor/Contributor(s)
S Henderson, B Biller, M Hsieh, J Shortle
Title of proceedings
WSC 07 Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference