The evolution of the industry, known as industry 4.0, has introduced new technologies such as Virtual Commissioning and Industrial Internet of things. Nowadays, virtual models of automated systems are being created in order to be tested while being built in real life, what includes PLC programs, robots, etc. In order to provide a real behaviour emulation, these virtual models should be as similar to reality as possible. Currently, the components communication in a real system is done through Internet with the use of fieldbuses I/O modules. Right now, these modules are not integrated in the virtual model, as the PLC program returns an error due to the hardware not being found. This implies that the PLC project must be modified, and a workaround must be done in order to connect the I/O cards components of the modules. Furthermore, it means that two PLC projects need to be maintained at the same time, one for the real system and another for the virtual system. In this thesis, a research was done to prove if fieldbuses modules could be emulated, helping to improve Virtual Commissioning. The final goal is to allow a PLC project created for a real system to be run again the corresponding virtual model without any change. To achieve this, a driver able to emulate the communication behaviour of an Ethernet/IP fieldbus module is developed and tested against a real PLC program.

This diploma thesis is about design of implementation of the ISA-95 standard for model of distillation column. The thesis consists of two parts, theoretical part and empiric part. In theoretical part, based on scientific literature there are defined terms about regarding standard ISA-95 in which are described individual models of standard ISA-95. Next chapter of diploma thesis is focused on FactoryTalk Services Platform, in which are introdced applications made by RockWell Automation, which are applied for this standard. Then there is description of distilation and model of distilation column. Last chapter of theoretical part is focused on industrial EtherNet/IP. This chapter blends into empiric part. In the next chapter of empiric part, there is design of implementation of standard ISA-95 using applications made by Rockwell Automation. Next chapter is focused on realization of the desing. Chapter of empiric part evaluates the entire project.

In the industry there is a need for a more efficient way to troubleshoot machines that uses the protocol EtherNet/IP. The current methods is time consuming and complex. This project gather data from a simulated network and analyze the data. The result of the analyze is presented on a cellphone application with a description and a possible solution. The application is a cross-platform application developed with Cordova. The simulated network is created on a Raspberry Pi 2. The analyze is done on another Raspberry Pi 2 running the software Node-RED. Communication between the simulated network Raspberry and the cellphone is with Bluetooth Low Energy. Communication between cellphone and the server is with MQTT. There are several areas where this kind of application may suit. This project is in one specific area – troubleshooting EtherNet/IP.

This diploma thesis deals with the design and application of the ISA 95 standard for a semi-automatic barman machine. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with the description of the ISA 95 models, together with FactoryTalk platform and its products related to the ISA 95 standard. In the practical part batch procedure is designed and applied on the machine. Based on this, implementation of standard ISA 95 using Rockwell Automation products is made. The last chapter of this thesis deals with verification of functionality and overall system design, from which concludes an overall machine performance and production deficiencies.

This diploma thesis is focused on the analysis of the most well-known industrial protocols and acquaintance with the Dobot Magician robotic arm. The main goal of this thesis is to create an industrial loop, which consists of communication – client and server. The individual components of the industrial loop consist of three robotic arms (including peripherals), their control units (in our case Raspberry PI 3B +), switch, and a server. The control units communicate with the server using two selected industrial protocols, namely Modbus TCP and EtherNET/IP. The result of the work is an endless loop, which tries to resemble the real operation of the assembly and disassembly of the box equipped with dierent items.

Detta arbete har syftat till att ställa två av de större automationstillverkarna Siemens och Rockwell Automation mot varandra kring utvalda faktorer som: prestanda, kommunikation och tillgängliga mjukvaruverktyg. Studien har utformat tester på olika PLC-enheter från respektive tillverkare, redogjort för skillnader i de erbjudna kommunikationslösningarna samt analyserat mjukvaruverktygen utifrån utvalda egenskaper men också internationellt erkända standarder. Undersökningen har visat på bättre prestanda på processorer från Rockwell Automation än motsvarande från Siemens för ett givet tillämpningsområde. Vad befattar kommunikationslösningar med ethernet-teknologi har Siemens visat på bättre prestanda, stabilare kommunikation och ett mer komplett ekosystem som svarar på flera av de behov som kan uppstå i industriverksamhet. Mjukvaruverktygen från Siemens erbjuder mer objekt-orienterad funktionalitet och har visat sig betydligt mer kompatibel med den väletablerade standarden IEC 61131-3 som utformar programmeringsmetodiker för PLC-enheter och är tänkt att svara mot framtidens behov av interoperabilitet och effektivisering. Av resultaten som fåtts har en bedömning gjorts att Siemens erbjuder ett mer fördelaktigt utbud av produkter och tjänster som svarar väl mot framtidens krav. / This paper treats two competing suppliers of automation technology, Siemens and Rockwell Automation and directly compares them for a given set of factors in the following categories: performance, communication and software tools. The study consists of performance tests made on different PLC’s from these suppliers, considerations in the differences of communication technology and analysis of the programming tools according to chosen criteria’s but also by the degree of compliance with internationally established standards. The tests have shown the PLC from Rockwell Automation as having better performance for the chosen criteria (PLC’s for small to medium sized machines). Siemens offers more performance and more stable industrial ethernet communication over ProfiNET than does Rockwell Automation with EtherNet/IP. Accordingly, Siemens offers more flexibility in meeting future industrial needs. The software tools provided by Siemens offer a more object-oriented approach for programming PLC’s than equivalent tools from Rockwell Automation. TIA Portal offered by Siemens is more than twice as compliant with the internationally accepted standard IEC 61131-3 as Studio 5000 from Rockwell and in being more compliant benefits from increased interoperability and effective programming. The results show that Siemens’ products and services for automation benefits the customer in long term viability.

The thesis is about industrial automatic CIP protocol, which belongs to SCADA systems. The first part is focused on basic principles of CIP protocol and on analysis of two protocols (EtherNET/IP and DeviceNet), which are based on CIP protocol. The second part deals with designing scenarios for a simulation. The simulation of one-way communication, two-way communication with help of reads from the console and two-way real time communication between Raspberries PI 3B+. The third part deals with a realization of the simulation, a start-up and a function of predefined scenarios and graphic interface. The fourth part deals with analysis network communication in situations, which occur during a protocol EtherNet/IP simulation.

This master’s thesis deals with the renewal of electrical equipment of 2D manipulator and putting it into operation. It contains a description of the machine, used components and their connections. It describes the principle of two communication buses, which are used for machine control. Next part is devoted to the safety analysis of the machine. Following chapters describe developing of a control program and designing of a visualization.

The main objective of this thesis is to create a monitoring system for an asynchronous motor using IED REF615. For REF615 devices it is necessary to make the appropriate configuration and connection.The device communicate with the MVI69-MNET card by Modbus/TCP protocol. The thesis describes the operation of an asynchronous motor through the use of a PowerFlex 40 frequency changer. PowerFlex 40 sends data via an Ethernet/IP connection. The thesis also describes a program in PLC for monitoring the power status of an asynchronous motor. The next part of my work is a visualization created in the FactoryTalk View Studio. In conclusion, the thesis is tested by connecting all of the components as well as all of the proposed functions.

Industrial Ethernet Communication protocols for Real-Time communication is the focus of research in a variety of different industrial Applications. The subject of thesis study is a comprehensive analysis of Industrial Ethernet protocols used in safety-critical real-time environment, comparing these based on performance, safety, diagnostics and error detection features, topology preference, cost incurred and openness of the protocol. The protocols chosen for this comparisons are ModbusTCP, EtherNet/IP, Ethernet Powerlink, Profinet IO, EtherCAT®, Sercos III, and CC-LINK IE, because they are most relevant for real-time applications and they have a widespread global presence in a lot of industrial applications. The industry in focus here is the spacecraft industry, which is a perfect example of a real-time safety-critical environment, where the protocols need to perform under harsh conditions, such as vibrations, exposure to radiation , extreme temperatures and low atmospheric pressure, and have strict timing requirements. The communication protocols for this environment are held to very high standards of performance and communication accuracy. The challenge here is to implement a protocol that can provide deterministic, real-time communication in such extreme conditions. The protocol in focus here is the ModbusTCP protocol , that is implemented on the ESBO-DS Stratospheric Balloon project to establish a communication link with the pointing system on board. ModbusTCP is chosen for this application because it is reliable, has a large support base, it is easy to implement, transparent and extremely interoperable. All these benefits along with providing real-time communication on a space-based application gives us a good reason to continuing the use of ModbusTCP here. The conclusion of the comparison of the selected real-time communication Industrial Ethernet protocols is that there is no “best ” protocol, and the choice of protocol depends on the application in focus. EtherCAT, SERCOS III and PROFINET IRT are all powerful hard real-time protocols, but require dedicated and expensive hardware for implementation. CC-Link IE is also a popular hard real-time protocol that uses special hardware and is well-established in the East Asian countries. Ethernet/IP and ModbusTCP control a large market share in the Industrial Communication domain in addition to providing good performance easily available tools. Ethernet Powerlink is open and provides both implementation and specification royalty free on its organisations website. / Industriella Ethernet-kommunikationsprotokoll för realtidskommunikation är fokus för forskning inom en mängd olika industriella tillämpningar. Ämnet för avhandlingsstudien är en omfattande analys av industriella Ethernet-protokoll som används i säkerhetskritiska realtidsmiljöer, som jämför dessa baserat på prestanda, säkerhet, diagnostik och feldetekteringsfunktioner, topologipreferenser, uppkomna kostnader och protokollets öppenhet. De valda protokollen för dessa jämförelser är ModbusTCP, EtherNet/IP, Ethernet Powerlink, Profinet IO, EtherCAT®, Sercos III och CC-LINK IE, eftersom de är mest relevanta för realtidsapplikationer och de har en utbredd global närvaro i många industriella tillämpningar. Branschen i fokus här är rymdfarkostindustrin, som är ett perfekt exempel på en realtidssäkerhetskritisk miljö, där protokollen måste fungera under tuffa förhållanden, såsom vibrationer, exponering för strålning, extrema temperaturer och lågt atmosfärstryck, och har strikta tidskrav. Kommunikationsprotokollen för denna miljö håller mycket höga standarder för prestanda och kommunikationsnoggrannhet. Utmaningen här är att implementera ett protokoll som kan tillhandahålla deterministisk kommunikation i realtid under sådana extrema förhållanden. Protokollet i fokus här är ModbusTCP-protokollet, som är implementerat i ESBO-DS Stratospheric Balloon-projektet för att upprätta en kommunikationslänk med peksystemet ombord. ModbusTCP är vald för denna applikation eftersom den är pålitlig, har en stor supportbas, den är lätt att implementera, transparent och extremt driftskompatibel. Alla dessa fördelar tillsammans med att tillhandahålla realtidskommunikation på en rymdbaserad applikation ger oss en god anledning att fortsätta använda ModbusTCP här. Slutsatsen av jämförelsen av de valda realtidskommunikationens Industrial Ethernet-protokoll är att det inte finns något bästaprotokoll, och valet av protokoll beror på applikationen i fokus. EtherCAT, SERCOS III och PROFINET IRT är alla kraftfulla hårda realtidsprotokoll, men kräver dedikerad och dyr hårdvara för implementering. CC-Link IE är också ett populärt hårt realtidsprotokoll som använder speciell hårdvara och är väletablerat i de östasiatiska länderna. Ethernet/IP och ModbusTCP kontrollerar en stor marknadsandel inom industriell kommunikationsdomän förutom att de tillhandahåller bra prestanda lättillgängliga verktyg. Ethernet Powerlink är öppet och tillhandahåller både implementering och specifikation royaltyfritt på sin organisations webbplats.