A high‐speed‐execution method for a program written in factory‐automation‐cell control language

Abstract

SUMMARYA new programming method called Cell Control Language (CCL) for factory-automation systems has been developed. In CCL programming, an action sequence of each functional unit in each operation mode is first described as a net module. This net module is a subclass of Petri nets, and this subclass is equivalent to a state-transition diagram (a conventional design method). Several net modules are merged and translated into an internal code program, which is executed in a cell controller. To improve the ability of the controller to respond to state changes, we developed two new methods based on CCL. One is that for efficiently describing a CCL program, which needs a quick response to state changes, and the other is that for executing the program in a short cycle. The execution method was applied to an actual cell controller, which confirmed that it can improve the ability to respond to state changes without reducing the total control performance.