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Terminated in academic year 2002/2003

Distributed control systems

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 455-0050/01
Abbreviation DSR
Course title Distributed control systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Measurement and Control
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Koziorek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Development from central hierarchical control systems to distributed control systems. Hardware and software equipment of distributed control systems.
Relationship between system and subsystem. Communication in distributed control systems. Messages.
Network architecture based on ISO/OSI model.
Physical layer of ISO/OSI model. Communication standards RS232, RS485, RS422.
Link layer of ISO/OSI model. Access methods to communication media.
Network topology. Bus, ring topology. Networks interconnections. Local networks - Ethernet, FDDI

Standard communication protocol in computer networks.
Distributed control systems realization. Communication in distributed control systems.
Industrial networks - ASI, Profibus, Industrial Ethernet.
Industrial networks - CAN, Lonworks.
Distributed algorithm and protocols. Parallelism, distribution, processes and communication paths. Characteristics of distributed algorithms.
RPC mechanism and its using.
Middleware.
Using of technique of autonomous agents in distributed control systems.


Computer labs:
Information about security in laboratory. Excursion in laboratory.
Development of Simatic S7 200 control application with ASI interface module. Laboratory problem No. 1.
Finishing of development of Simatic S7 200 control application with ASI interface module. Laboratory problem No. 1 - continuation.

Design of distributed control system with Simatic S7 300 and Profibus industrial network. Laboratory problem No. 2.
Finishing of distributed control system with Simatic S7 300 and Profibus industrial network. Laboratory problem No. 2 - continuation.
Serial communication examples - RS232, RS485. Using PPI, MPI in Simatic S7 control systems. Laboratory problem No. 3.
Design of control program for CAN development kit. Laboratory problem No. 4.
Using of Industrial Ethernet. Laboratory problem No. 5.
Lonwork industrial network. Using of Lonworks development kit. Laboratory problem No. 6.
Design of Lonworks node. Laboratory problem No. 6 - continuation.
Test No.1.
Design of complex distributed control system with several communication networks.
Demonstration of student's term works.
Demonstration of student's term works. Giving credits.

Literature

No literature has been specified for this subject.

Advised literature

Kováč F.: Distribuované riadiace systémy. Vydavatelstvo STU, Bratislava 1998.
Janeček J.: Distribuované systémy. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 1997.
Janeček J., Bílý M.: Lokální sítě. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 1998.
Mahalik N. P.: Fieldbus Technology - Industrial Network Standards for Real-Time Distributed Control. Springer Verlag 2003.ISBN 3540401830.
Časopis Automatizace 7/98.