B: Now we’ve just pushed a button and taken over the planning data into the TIA Portal. It works the same way for the control program.
A: Which is exactly what Bühler does. Bühler is already a living example of digitalization today, with the help of the TIA Portal Openness interface. The standardized software components are available in the TIA Portal library, and have already been tested. Depending on your machine configuration, now the components can be assembled in the machine program.
B: And at the same time, the code generator analyzes the objects in the planning data, and uses defined components to generate the code for the SPS. Since the components are tested, the code doesn’t contain errors. Automation is all done, practically at the touch of a button.
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B: But no two plants are alike. There are always individual requirements, which can be very tricky.
A: We’ve developed tools that make it easier to test functions. The key word is “Simulation.”
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B: The PLCSIM Advanced virtual controller. It lets us test and optimize automation with a virtual controller even before the planning and engineering phase is over. [CLICK]
So errors can be eliminated early, and we can also conduct training without the hardware.
A: The planning data can be transmitted directly to the TIA Portal using the open standard Automation Markup Language – AML for short. And it also works in either direction, so changes in engineering can be integrated back into the electrical planning.