Distributed IEC 61499 material handling control based on time synchronization with IEEE 1588

Author

Pang, Cheng ; Yan, Jeffrey ; Vyatkin, Valeriy ; Jennings, Steven

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2011

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

131

Abstract

This paper proposes a method of time-driven control with high-precision synchronous clocks in distributed control systems built following the IEC 61499 standard. It investigates the impact of applying time-driven control on performance of material handling systems. A time-driven control system for a multi-diverter conveyor line has been developed using IEC 61499 Function Blocks architecture with support of the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol. Analytic performance model has been developed and comparisons between the time-driven and two other possible control designs have been conducted and elaborated in terms of costs, logic design, and system throughput.

Keywords

IEC standards; IEEE standards; control system synthesis; conveyors; distributed control; synchronisation; IEC 61499 Function Blocks architecture; IEC 61499 standard; IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol; IEEE 1588 standard; control design; distributed control system; high-precision synchronous clock; material handling control; multidiverter conveyor line; time synchronization; time-driven control; Clocks; Distributed control; IEC standards; Protocols; Sensors; Synchronization; Throughput; IEC 61499; IEEE 1588; distributed automation; industrial control; industrial engineering; manufacturing automation; precision clock synchronization; time-driven control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement Control and Communication (ISPCS), 2011 International IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

1949-0305

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-893-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPCS.2011.6070144

Filename

6070144