Modern Industrial Automation Software Design

by Wang, Lingfeng; Tan, Kay CHen

• ISBN13: 9780471683735
• ISBN10: 0471683736
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-10
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press

Summary

The main subjects in this book relate to software development using cutting-edge technologies for real-world industrial automation applications A hands-on approach to applying a wide variety of emerging technologies to modern industrial practice problems Explains key concepts through clear examples, ranging from simple to more complex problem domains, and all based on real-world industrial problems A useful reference book for practicing engineers as well as an updated resource book for researchers

Author Biography

<b>L. F. Wang</b> received his B.Eng degree in measurement and instrumentation from Zhejiang University, China in 1997, a M.Eng degree in instrumentation science and engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 2000, and a M.Eng degree in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2002. Currently he is a researcher&#160;in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department&#160;at the&#160;University of Virginia, U.S.A. He has published over 40 technical papers in the fields of industrial measurement, testing, and supervision, fault-tolerant control, and autonomous agents. He has served as a technical program committee member for some international conferences. He is also an active reviewer for many leading international journals and conferences. He was &#8220;one of the valued and trusted contributors&#8221; in AUTOTESTCON 2000. His current research interests include networked and embedded software technology for aerospace applications, and adaptive resource management in real-time systems. <p> <b>K. C. Tan</b> received the B.Eng. degree with first class honors in electronics and electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He was with the Center for Systems &amp; Control and the Evolutionary Computing Group, Glasgow, Scotland, before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, as an Assistant Professor in 1997. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 journal and conference publications and has served as a program committee or organizing member for many international conferences. He currently holds Associate Editor appointments in IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation and International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis, London). His current research interests include computational intelligence, evolutionary computing, intelligent control, and engineering designs optimization.

Table of Contents

Preface	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Acronyms	xxv
Part I Design Principles of Modern Industrial Automation Systems
1 Introduction	1	(8)
1.1 Developmental Trends	2	(1)
1.2 Classifications and Existing Products	3	(2)
1.3 Functionality of Industrial Automation Systems	5	(2)
1.4 About the Book	7	(2)
2 Virtual Instrumentation	9	(22)
2.1 Introduction	9	(4)
2.2 Characteristics of VXI Instruments	13	(1)
2.3 VXI Plug&Play (VPP) Specification	14	(2)
2.4 Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA)	16	(3)
2.4.1 VISA model structure	17	(1)
2.4.2 VISA characteristics	18	(1)
2.5 Programming platforms	19	(4)
2.5.1 Textual programming	20	(1)
2.5.2 Visual programming	20	(1)
2.5.3 Graphical programming	21	(2)
2.6 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Network (PLPGN) Monitoring	23	(3)
2.6.1 Overall structure design	24	(2)
2.7 Hardware and Software Design	26	(3)
2.7.1 Development requirements	26	(1)
2.7.2 Development environment	27	(1)
2.7.3 Configurations of system hardware and software	27	(2)
2.8 Summary	29	(2)
3 Component-Based Measurement Systems	31	(12)
3.1 Introduction	31	(1)
3.2 Component Technology	32	(3)
3.3 Component-Based Industrial Automation Software	35	(1)
3.4 Writing Component	36	(1)
3.5 Case Study 1	36	(2)
3.6 Case Study 2	38	(3)
3.6.1 Definition of base class of instruments	39	(1)
3.6.2 UI base class of VIs	40	(1)
3.7 Summary	41	(2)
4 Object-Oriented Software Engineering	43	(10)
4.1 Software Development Models	44	(4)
4.2 Object Orientation	48	(11)
4.2.1 OOA/OOD	48	(3)
4.2.2 Advantages	51	(2)
5 Graphical User Interface Design	53	(6)
6 Database Management	59	(10)
6.1 Database Systems	60	(1)
6.2 Relational Database	61	(3)
6.3 Structured Query Language (SQL)	64	(2)
6.4 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)	66	(3)
7 Software Testing	69	(22)
7.1 Software and Industrial Automation	69	(2)
7.2 Software Testing Strategies	71	(2)
7.2.1 Black-box testing	72	(1)
7.2.2 White-box testing	73	(1)
7.3 Software Testing Processes and Steps	73	(6)
7.3.1 Unit testing	75	(1)
7.3.2 Integration testing	76	(2)
7.3.3 Verification testing	78	(1)
7.3.4 System testing	78	(1)
7.3.5 Validation	79	(1)
7.4 Software Performance Testing	79	(5)
7.4.1 Availability testing	80	(1)
7.4.2 Reliability testing	81	(1)
7.4.3 Survivability testing	81	(1)
7.4.4 Flexibility testing	81	(1)
7.4.5 Stress testing	82	(1)
7.4.6 Security testing	82	(1)
7.4.7 Usability testing	82	(1)
7.4.8 Maintainability testing	83	(1)
7.5 Software Maintenance	84	(1)
7.6 Summary	85	(6)
Part II Real-World Applications
8 Overview	91	(2)
9 An Object-Oriented Reconfigurable Software	93	(58)
9.1 Introduction	94	(11)
9.1.1 Evolution of reconfigurable software	94	(11)
9.2 Design Requirements, Development Environments, and Methodologies	105	(3)
9.2.1 Design requirements	105	(1)
9.2.2 Development environments	106	(1)
9.2.3 Development methodologies	107	(1)
9.3 IMC System Structure and Software Design	108	(14)
9.3.1 Overall structure of IMC systems	108	(3)
9.3.2 Configuration-based IMC software	111	(1)
9.3.3 Reconfigurable IMC software design	112	(1)
9.3.4 Development tool selection	113	(2)
9.3.5 Object-oriented methodology	115	(3)
9.3.6 Windows programming	118	(1)
9.3.7 Database technologies	118	(1)
9.3.8 Relational database model	119	(1)
9.3.9 Database management system (DBMS)	119	(1)
9.3.10 Database application	120	(2)
9.3.11 Delphi database functionality	122	(1)
9.4 RSFIMC Architecture	122	(4)
9.4.1 Data acquisition module	124	(1)
9.4.2 Data processing module	124	(1)
9.4.3 Data browsing module	125	(1)
9.5 RSFIMC Functions	126	(18)
9.5.1 User configuration	126	(7)
9.5.2 Running status indications	133	(1)
9.5.3 Alarm management	134	(1)
9.5.4 Data exchange	135	(5)
9.5.5 Visual database query	140	(2)
9.5.6 Remote communication	142	(2)
9.6 Summary	144	(7)
10 Flexible Measurement Point Management	151	(28)
10.1 Introduction	152	(1)
10.2 System Architecture	153	(4)
10.2.1 Overall architecture	154	(3)
10.2.2 Interfaces with other modules	157	(1)
10.3 Development Platform and Environment	157	(1)
10.4 Measurement Point Management	158	(9)
10.4.1 MP configuration	158	(1)
10.4.2 Task configuration	159	(1)
10.4.3 Dynamic configuration of MPs and tasks	160	(1)
10.4.4 System running	161	(6)
10.5 An Illustrative Example on a Serial Port Driver	167	(5)
10.5.1 Serial port hardware driver	168	(2)
10.5.2 Serial port system driver	170	(1)
10.5.3 DIT maintenance for serial port system driver	171	(1)
10.5.4 Hardware simulation terminal	172	(1)
10.6 Summary	172	(7)
11 A Blending System Using Multithreaded Programming	179	(18)
11.1 Introduction	179	(2)
11.2 Overall Blending System Configuration	181	(4)
11.2.1 Hardware configuration	181	(2)
11.2.2 Software configuration	183	(1)
11.2.3 Multithread-based communication	183	(2)
11.3 The Overall Software Design	185	(5)
11.3.1 Design requirements	186	(2)
11.3.2 Software structure	188	(1)
11.3.3 VxD	189	(1)
11.3.4 Front-end software	189	(1)
11.3.5 Device management module	190	(1)
11.3.6 User management	190	(1)
11.3.7 Database management	190	(1)
11.4 Field Experience and Summary	190	(7)
11.4.1 Field experience	191	(1)
11.4.2 Summary	191	(6)
12 A Flexible Automatic Test System for Rotating Turbine Machinery	197	(42)
12.1 Introduction	198	(1)
12.2 Design Goals of FATSFTM	199	(2)
12.3 Design Strategies of FATSFTM	201	(5)
12.3.1 Hardware design strategy	201	(1)
12.3.2 Software design strategy	202	(4)
12.4 Test Software Development Process	206	(15)
12.4.1 Requirements capture	207	(1)
12.4.2 Analysis	207	(5)
12.4.3 Design	212	(7)
12.4.4 Programming	219	(1)
12.4.5 Testing	220	(1)
12.5 Function of FATSFTM	221	(8)
12.5.1 Initialization and self-examination	221	(1)
12.5.2 Data acquisition	222	(1)
12.5.3 User configuration	222	(1)
12.5.4 Running status indication and real- time/historical data analysis	223	(1)
12.5.5 Alarm management and post-fault diagnosis	224	(3)
12.5.6 Remote test	227	(1)
12.5.7 Other system functions	228	(1)
12.6 Implementation and Field Experience	229	(3)
12.6.1 On-site implementation and field experience	229	(1)
12.6.2 System benefits	230	(2)
12.7 Summary	232	(7)
13 An Internet-Based Online Real-Time Condition Monitoring System	239	(64)
13.1 Introduction	239	(2)
13.2 Problem Description	241	(3)
13.2.1 Field data acquisition devices	241	(1)
13.2.2 Field data acquisition workstation	242	(1)
13.2.3 System servers	243	(1)
13.2.4 Remote browsers	243	(1)
13.3 Requirements Capture and Elicitation	244	(2)
13.3.1 Data acquisition workstation software	245	(1)
13.3.2 Analysis (diagnosis) and management workstation software	245	(1)
13.4 Analysis	246	(5)
13.4.1 Data-flow model	246	(3)
13.4.2 Entity–relationship model	249	(1)
13.4.3 Event–response model	250	(1)
13.5 Transition to Design	251	(8)
13.5.1 Choice of development strategies	252	(2)
13.5.2 Choice of development environment and programming tool	254	(5)
13.6 Overall Design	259	(23)
13.6.1 Database design	260	(3)
13.6.2 Overall design of DAQ workstation software	263	(16)
13.6.3 Overall design of the A&M workstation software	279	(3)
13.6.4 Design of Web server CCI application	282	(1)
13.7 Detailed System Design and Implementation	282	(13)
13.7.1 Implementation of DAQ module	282	(3)
13.7.2 Implementation of data management module	285	(2)
13.7.3 Communication module	287	(4)
13.7.4 Multitasking coordination	291	(2)
13.7.5 Implementation of Web server	293	(2)
13.8 Field Experience	295	(3)
13.9 Summary	298	(5)
14 Epilog	303	(7)
14.1 Middlware	303	(1)
14.2 Unified Modeling Language (UML)	304	(1)
14.3 Agent-based software development	305	(3)
14.4 Agile methodologies	308	(1)
14.5 Summary	309	(1)
Index	310