PC based Distributed Systems Control for Production Automation - Ethernet and TCP/IP based solutions
Antoine Toni Trad · 2004
In general, Ethernet based standard l ; ; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol r ; ; , which is called l ; ; TCP/IP r ; ; , connects and uses a layered synchronous robust high speed communication protocol between any resources of the network that is connected to it. In this paper, we present the l ; ; Personal Computer r ; ; (PC) and external resources as a l ; ; Distributed Systems Control r ; ; (DSC) solution which is based on the TCP/IP protocol to support Remote communication, Control and Monitoring (RCM) of l ; ; Various Delimitersr ; ; ; such as robots and other automated production units. This DSC by means of l ; ; TCP/IP r ; ; can optimally use and synchronize the plant production processes. The DSC consists of modules that act as independent systems or components. The intention is to propose robust and low cost PCed DSC based solutions that have been developed and tested in the Laboratory of Robotics at EIVD in order to effectively manage production units in a laboratory or a plant ; and to increase the productivity by linking various resources by means of TCP/IP and Ethernet.