Object oriented programming for motion control

Author

Halpert, David E.

Author_Institution

Allen-Bradley Co., Lebanon, NH, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

Sept. 28 1991-Oct. 4 1991

Firstpage

1330

Abstract

A novel motion control concept utilizing a graphical user interface and icons to represent motion functions is presented. This graphical motion control language allows free-form motion programming by simply connecting the icons to conceptualize the application in block diagram form. Motion and process details can be filled in later. Once the diagram is complete, it is converted into a text file in the native language of the particular motion controller to be used and downloaded for execution. An example is presented which illustrates the complete implementation of a typical motion control application using a graphical development environment such as GML.<>

Keywords

digital control; graphical user interfaces; object-oriented programming; position control; GML; digital control; graphical development environment; graphical user interface; icons; motion control; object oriented programming; position control; text file; Application software; Automatic control; Computer languages; Costs; Manufacturing; Motion control; Motion planning; Object oriented programming; Process design; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0453-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1991.178033

Filename

178033