RECENT ADVANCES IN SOFTWARE NOW PERMIT INTEGRATING INDUSTRY-STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL WITH REAL-TIME CONTROL. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES ONE APPROACH TO CREATING DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS COMBINING WIDELY USED COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS AND STANDARD OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE (UNIX). THIS PAPER DISCUSSES: REAL-TIME CONTROL IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; THE DUAL ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS IN RUN-TIME SYSTEM AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; THE UNIX-REAL RELATIONSHIP, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE VXWORKS REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM AS AN EXAMPLE OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS AND REAL-TIME CONTROL. IN ADDITION, THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A REPRESENTATIVE OPEN SYSTEMS NETWORKED REAL-TIME MANUFACTURING SYSTEM.
| Number of Pages : | 12 |
| Published : | 06/01/1991 |
