Automation software achieves IEC61499 compliance

An ISaGRAF product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 10, 2007

Version 5.1 of ISaGRAF has been confirmed by TUV Rheinland to be compliant with the requirements detailed in the IEC61499 standard.

ICS Triplex ISaGRAF's automation software has received confirmation of IEC61499 compliance from TUV Rheinland.

Version 5.1 of ISaGRAF has been confirmed by TUV Rheinland to be compliant with the requirements detailed in the IEC61499 standard.

The IEC61499 standard defines the method for designing and implementing robust and efficient cooperating systems, and presents guidelines for the use of function blocks in distributed industrial process, measurement and control systems.

It provides a number of significant benefits to distributed applications including: the regulation of the flow of control decisions for an interacting distributed control system; providing for the consistency of data; providing a means to ensure synchronous operation between devices; eliminating the need to have separate synchronisation schemes; and easing the development and maintenance of robust control systems.

IEC61499 also can encapsulate automation functionality such that machine builders can create IEC61499 function blocks for different components of the machine and need only assemble them to achieve the desired operation.

It provides the benefits of object-oriented programming in an environment familiar and accessible to automation engineers.

ISaGRAF 5 incorporates both the IEC61499 and IEC61131-3 standards.

ISaGRAF 5 has already received confirmation of IEC61131-3 compliance from TUV Rheinland.

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