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1PLC英文资料

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1.1Motivation

ProgrammableLogicControllers（PLC）,acomputingdeviceinventedbyRichardE.Morleyin1968,havebeenwidelyusedinindustryincludingmanufacturingsystems,transportationsystems,chemicalprocessfacilities,andmanyothers.Atthattime,thePLCreplacedthehardwiredlogicwithsoft-wiredlogicorso-calledrelayladderlogic（RLL）,aprogramminglanguagevisuallyresemblingthehardwiredlogic,andreducedtherebytheconfigurationtimefrom6monthsdownto6days[MoodyandMorley,1999].

AlthoughPCbasedcontrolhasstartedtocomeintoplace,PLCbasedcontrolwillremainthetechniquetowhichthemajorityofindustrialapplicationswilladhereduetoitshigherperformance,lowerprice,andsuperiorreliabilityinharshenvironments.Moreover,accordingtoastudyonthePLCmarketofFrostandSullivan[1995],anincreaseoftheannualsalesvolumeto15millionPLCsperyearwiththehardwarevalueofmorethan8billionUSdollarshasbeenpredicted,thoughthepricesofcomputinghardwareissteadilydropping.TheinventorofthePLC,RichardEMorley,fairlyconsidersthePLCmarketasa5-billionindustryatthepresenttime.

ThoughPLCsarewidelyusedinindustrialpractice,theprogrammingofPLCbasedcontrolsystemsisstillverymuchrelyingontrial-and-error.Alikesoftwareengineering,PLCsoftwaredesignisfacingthesoftwaredilemmaorcrisisinasimilarway.Morleyhimselfemphasizedthisaspectmostforcefullybyindicating[MoodyandMorley,1999,p.110]:

`Ifhouseswerebuiltlikesoftwareprojects,asinglewoodpeckercoulddestroycivilization.”

Particularly,practicalproblemsinPLCprogrammingaretoeliminatesoftwarebugsandtoreducethemaintenancecostsofoldladderlogicprograms.ThoughthehardwarecostsofPLCsaredroppingcontinuously,reducingthescantimeoftheladderlogicisstillanissueinindustrysothatlow-costPLCscanbeused.

Ingeneral,theproductivityingeneratingPLCisfarbehindcomparedtootherdomains,forinstance,VLSIdesign,whereefficientcomputeraideddesigntoolsareinpractice.ExistentsoftwareengineeringmethodologiesarenotnecessarilyapplicabletothePLCbasedsoftwaredesignbecausePLC-programmingrequiresasimultaneousconsiderationofhardwareandsoftware.Thesoftwaredesignbecomes,thereby,moreandmorethemajorcostdriver.Inmanyindustrialdesignprojects,morethanSO0/aofthemanpowerallocatedforthecontrolsystemdesignandinstallationisscheduledfortestinganddebuggingPLCprograms[Rockwell,1999].

Inaddition,currentPLCbasedcontrolsystemsarenotproperlydesignedtosupportthegrowingdemandforflexibilityandreconfigurabilityofmanufacturingsystems.Afurtherproblem,impellingtheneedforasystematicdesignmethodology,istheincreasingsoftwarecomplexityinlarge-scaleprojects.

1.2ObjectiveandSignificanceoftheThesis

TheobjectiveofthisthesisistodevelopasystematicsoftwaredesignmethodologyforPLCoperatedautomationsystems.Thedesignmethodologyinvolveshigh-leveldescriptionbasedonstatetransitionmodelsthattreatautomationcontrolsystemsasdiscreteeventsystems,astepwisedesignprocess,andsetofdesignrulesprovidingguidanceandmeasurementstoachieveasuccessfuldesign.Thetangibleoutcomeofthisresearchistofindawaytoreducetheuncertaintyinmanagingthecontrolsoftwaredevelopmentprocess,thatis,reducingprogramminganddebuggingtimeandtheirvariation,increasingflexibilityoftheautomationsystems,andenablingsoftwarereusabilitythroughmodularity.Thegoalistoovercomeshortcomingsofcurrentprogrammingstrategiesthatarebasedontheexperienceoftheindividualsoftwaredeveloper.

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AsystematicapproachtodesigningPLCsoftwarecanovercomedeficienciesinthetraditionalwayofprogrammingmanufacturingcontrolsystems,andcanhavewideramificationsinseveralindustrialapplications.Automationcontrolsystemsaremodeledbyformallanguagesor,equivalently,bystatemachines.Formalrepresentationsprovideahigh-leveldescriptionofthebehaviorofthesystemtobecontrolled.Statemachinescanbeanalyticallyevaluatedastowhetherornottheymeetthedesiredgoals.Secondly,astatemachinedescriptionprovidesastructuredrepresentationtoconveythelogicalrequirementsandconstraintssuchasdetailedsafetyrules.Thirdly,well-definedcontrolsystemsdesignoutcomesareconducivetoautomaticcodegeneration-Anabilitytoproducecontrolsoftwareexecutableoncommercialdistinctlogiccontrollerscanreduceprogramminglead-timeandlaborcost.Inparticular,thethesisisrelevantwithrespecttothefollowingaspects.

Customer-DrivenManufacturing

Inmodernmanufacturing,systemsarecharacterizedbyproductandprocessinnovation,becomecustomer-drivenandthushavetorespondquicklytochangingsystemrequirements.Amajorchallengeisthereforetoprovideenablingtechnologiesthatcaneconomicallyreconfigureautomationcontrolsystemsinresponsetochangingneedsandnewopportunities.Designandoperationalknowledgecanbereusedinreal-time,therefore,givingasignificantcompetitiveedgeinindustrialpractice.

HigherDegreeofDesignAutomationandSoftwareQuality

Studieshaveshownthatprogrammingmethodologiesinautomationsystemshavenotbeenabletomatchrapidincreaseinuseofcomputingresources.Forinstance,theprogrammingofPLCsstillreliesonaconventionalprogrammingstylewithladderlogicdiagrams.Asaresult,thedelaysandresourcesinprogrammingareamajorstumblingstonefortheprogressofmanufacturingindustry.Testinganddebuggingmayconsumeover50%ofthemanpowerallocatedforthePLCprogramdesign.Standards[IEC60848,1999;IEC-61131-3,1993;IEC61499,1998;ISO15745-1,1999]havebeenformedtofixanddisseminatestate-of-the-artdesignmethods,buttheynormallycannotparticipateinadvancingtheknowledgeofefficientprogramandsystemdesign.

Asystematicapproachwillincreasethelevelofdesignautomationthroughreusingexistingsoftwarecomponents,andwillprovidemethodstomakelarge-scalesystemdesignmanageable.Likewise,itwillimprovesoftwarequalityandreliabilityandwillberelevanttosystemshighsecuritystandards,especiallythosehavinghazardousimpactontheenvironmentsuchasairportcontrol,andpublicrailroads.

SystemComplexity

Thesoftwareindustryisregardedasaperformancedestructorandcomplexitygenerator.Steadilyshrinkinghardwarepricesspoilstheneedforsoftwareperformanceintermsofcodeoptimizationandefficiency.Theresultisthatmassiveandlessefficientsoftwarecodeononehandoutpacesthegainsinhardwareperformanceontheotherhand.Secondly,softwareproliferatesintocomplexityofunmanageabledimensions;softwareredesignandmaintenance-essentialinmodernautomationsystems-becomesnearlyimpossible.Particularly,PLCprogramshaveevolvedfromacouplelinesofcode25yearsagotothousandsoflinesofcodewithasimilarnumberof1/Opoints.Increasedsafety,forinstancenewpoliciesonfireprotection,andtheflexibilityofmodernautomationsystemsaddcomplexitytotheprogramdesignprocess.Consequently,thelife-cyclecostofsoftwareisapermanentlygrowingfractionofthetotalcost.80-90%ofthesecostsaregoingintosoftwaremaintenance,debugging,adaptationandexpansiontomeetchangingneeds[Simmonsetal.,1998].

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DesignTheoryDevelopment

Today,theprimaryfocusofmostdesignresearchisbasedonmechanicalorelectricalproducts.Oneoftheby-productsofthisproposedresearchistoenhanceourfundamentalunderstandingofdesigntheoryandmethodologybyextendingittothefieldofengineeringsystemsdesign.Asystemdesigntheoryforlarge-scaleandcomplexsystemisnotyetfullydeveloped.Particularly,thequestionofhowtosimplifyacomplicatedorcomplexdesigntaskhasnotbeentackledinascientificway.Furthermore,buildingabridgebetweendesigntheoryandthelatestepistemologicaloutcomesofformalrepresentationsincomputersciencesandoperationsresearch,suchasdiscreteeventsystemmodeling,canadvancefuturedevelopmentinengineeringdesign.

ApplicationinLogicalHardwareDesign

Fromalogicalperspective,PLCsoftwaredesignissimilartothehardwaredesignofintegratedcircuits.ModernVLSIdesignsareextremelycomplexwithseveralmillionpartsandaproductdevelopmenttimeof3years[Whitney,1996].Thedesignprocessisnormallyseparatedintoacomponentdesignandasystemdesignstage.Atcomponentdesignstage,singlefunctionsaredesignedandverified.Atsystemdesignstage,componentsareaggregatedandthewholesystembehaviorandfunctionalityistestedthroughsimulation.Ingeneral,acompleteverificationisimpossible.Hence,asystematicapproachasexemplifiedforthePLCprogramdesignmayimpactthelogicalhardwaredesign.

PLC

PLC（programmablelogicalcontroller）faceevermorecomplexchallengethesedays.Whereoncetheyquietlyrelaysandgaveanoccasionalreporttoacorporatemainframe,theyarenowgroundedintocells,givenewjobsandnewlanguages,andareforcedtocompeteagainstagrowingarrayofcontrolproducts.Forthisyear’sannualPLCtechnologyupdate,wequeriedPLCmakersonthesetopicsandmore.

Programminglanguages

HigherlevelPLCprogramminglanguageshavebeenaroundforsometime,butlatelytheirpopularityhasbeenmushrooming.AsRaymondLavelle,vicepresidentandgeneralmanager,SiemensEnergyandAutomation.Inc,ProgrammableControlsDivision,pointsout:

”Asprogrammablecontrolsarebeingusedformoreandmoresophisticatedoperations,languagesotherthanladderlogicbecomemorepractical,efficient,andpowerful.Fo