Object-oriented interface to MMS services

Author

Glavinic, Vlado ; Motik, Boris

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., Zagreb Univ., Croatia

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

18-20 May 1998

Firstpage

1375

Abstract

The application of numerically controlled devices in production processes has stimulated an extensive development of communication means enabling the entire production plant to be supervised and controlled from a centralized place. In doing so, the key factor was to provide interworking of heterogeneous equipment of different manufacturers. The main standard organizing inter-device communication is the ISO´s Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) defining respective services and protocols. The applications governing manufacturing devices interact with MMS by using a suitable API (application programming interface). We present one approach to MMS API, that is developed for use under Windows 95/NT

Keywords

application program interfaces; centralised control; object-oriented methods; open systems; process control; production control; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; API; ISO; MMS services; Manufacturing Message Specification; TCP/IP; Windows 95/NT; application programming interface; centralized control; centralized supervision; heterogeneous equipment; inter-device communication; interworking; manufacturing devices; numerically controlled devices; production plant; production processes; protocols; services; standard; Centralized control; Communication standards; Communication system control; Computer industry; High performance computing; Operating systems; Production; Protocols; TCPIP; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1998. MELECON 98., 9th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Tel-Aviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3879-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1998.699462

Filename

699462