By James Christensen Track: Asset Performance Development of the Second Edition of the IEC 61499 Standard for the use of Function Blocks in distributed, intelligent automation, and control has been completed. Managers and engineers attending this session will learn key aspects of the stnadard.
ISA 2012 Automation Week
Track: Asset Performance
Tuesday, September 25, 3:15pm-4:45 pm, Room 204C
James Christensen
Holobloc Inc.
Development of the Second Edition of the IEC 61499 Standard for the use of Function Blocks in distributed, intelligent automation, and control has been completed, and the Second Edition is expected to be published within the next six months. Managers and engineers attending this session will learn:
- What is in IEC 61499, and what is new in the Second Edition
- How IEC 61499 builds on the success of IEC 61131-3 for PLC programming
- How IEC 61499 extends the capabilities of distributed intelligent control beyond today’s distributed control systems (DCSs)
- How IEC 61499 provides for high levels of software portability, device interoperability, and system configurability
- How to choose among commercially supported, open source, and freely available software tools and runtime platforms for IEC 61499 implementation and deployment
- The current position of IEC 61499 in the technology adoption cycle
- What innovators and early adopters are doing with IEC 61499
- Characteristics of the most promising applications for early adoption of IEC 61499
- Business and financial advantages to early adopters
- What to do next
- Where to find resources to help you get started
An event-driven IEC 61499 function block
