Industrial simulation using redirected I/O module configurations

摘要

A simulation environment for running a process simulation used to validate an industrial control program. The simulation environment exposes the I/O module configurations defined in the control program and retrieves module configuration information therefrom. This I/O module configuration information is combined with generic, module-specific I/O module profiles to create a pool of available controller I/O points, which can be selectively associated with I/O points in the simulation to create an I/O point mapping. During control program validation, simulated I/O data is exchanged between the process simulation and the I/O module instances in the controller in accordance with the I/O point mapping.

主权项

1. A system for interfacing a simulation with an industrial control program, comprising:
a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of computer-executable components, comprising:
a configuration retrieval component configured to retrieve, from an industrial control program, I/O module configuration data that defines an I/O module configured for use in an industrial controller;a connection pool component configured to retrieve a generic I/O module profile corresponding to a type of the I/O module identified by the I/O module configuration data and modify the generic I/O module profile based on the I/O module configuration data to yield one or more available I/O point definitions; andan I/O kernel configured to exchange simulation data between the simulation and an I/O module instance corresponding to the I/O module based on the one or more available I/O point definitions.