Title :
Asset management solution based on PROFIBUS-PA profiles
Author :
Wollschlaeger, Martin ; Diedrich, Christian ; Müller, Jochen ; Epple, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
ifak Inst. f. Autom. u. Kommunikation e.V., Magdeburg, Germany
Abstract :
Effective solutions for asset management become increasingly important in modern automation and control systems. They are especially required in the area of process control. The control systems used here usually consist of PLC-based networks, which are optimised concerning the special temporal and topological requirements of the process. Asset management functions have to be introduced to those systems, without any influence on the existing equipment. The paper shows an object-oriented solution based on PROFIBUS-PA device. By automatically evaluating a system structure and mapping the profile-relevant parameters of devices to proxy objects, different application modules for asset management functions can be implemented acting on these objects.
Keywords :
controller area networks; object-oriented methods; process control; programmable controllers; PLC-based network optimisation; PROFIBUS-PA device; PROFIBUS-PA profiles; asset management; asset management functions; asset management solution; automation; control systems; object-oriented solution; process control; proxy objects; temporal requirements; topological requirements; Actuators; Asset management; Automatic control; Automation; Control systems; Data engineering; Data mining; Field buses; Process control; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antibes-Juan les Pins, France
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7241-7
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2001.997766
