Embedding Simulink algorithms into iFIX and GE Fanuc Series 90 PLCs

The paper presents two new target platforms for the C-code generated by the Simulink/RTW toolboxes: the iFIX SCADA system and the GE Fanuc Series 90 PLCs. The presented solutions build interfaces to the C-code generated by the RTW toolbox and allow building the executable files that are functionally equivalent to the source Simulink diagrams. The executables are executed outside the Simulink directly by the iFIX engine or by the PLC processor. Dedicated software functions are created to initialize the code, to trigger the execution of the generated executables at the required time point and to terminate the execution. As well dedicated driver blocks are described that transfer the signals between the iFIX signal database and the executable files or between the PLC references and the executable modules. Finally, three practical examples are shown