Platform-independent method and system for deploying control logic programming
US8381173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/41
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for generating platform-specific control logic implementation code for execution on a programmable logic controller (PLC) platform includes a plurality of processing layers. A first layer models generic control requirements as a unitary mathematical model (UMM). A second layer translates the UMM into generic control code describing a platform-independent set of generic control functions following an open structured language. A third layer automatically transforms the generic control functions into the platform-specific implementation code executable on different PLC platforms. A method of generating the implementation code includes modeling control requirements as a mathematical model, transforming the model into platform-independent control code describing a predetermined set of generic control functions using Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema, and automatically transforming the generic control functions into the implementation code.
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