1. Software Toolkit for Development of Interoperable Communications in Data-driven Systems
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Matti Vilkko, Antti Kätkytniemi, David Hästbacka, Petri Kannisto, Monostori, László, Kádár, Botond, Szaller, Ádám, Tampere University, Computing Sciences, and Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
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0209 industrial biotechnology ,business.industry ,Project commissioning ,Computer science ,Interoperability ,Software development ,Control reconfiguration ,02 engineering and technology ,113 Computer and information sciences ,Data-driven ,214 Mechanical engineering ,020901 industrial engineering & automation ,Software ,Control and Systems Engineering ,Information model ,020204 information systems ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Software engineering ,business ,Communications protocol - Abstract
The ease of software development, maintenance, commissioning and reconfiguration is paramount in industrial systems, because these must be adaptable to changes in customer demand and the evolution of production assets. Such adaptations are a core motivator in the fourth industrial revolution. Additionally, software applications should be able to communicate over the logical and geographical borders of production plants, regardless of software platforms and vendors. However, these issues remains unaddressed in current software tools, although a solution is reachable with a proper software toolkit. As a solution, this article introduces such a toolkit to support the development of industrial software systems. The toolkit implements a communication stack with both a communication protocol and an information model. The long-term goal is to enable all communication in industrial plants with such a toolkit regardless of software products, vendors and platforms. Additionally, the toolkit provides auxiliary tools to help in the development of industrial software, such as services to provide historical data for simulation purposes. As an outcome, the toolkit provides insight about the development needs of industrial communications. publishedVersion
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- 2021
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