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LioN modules (Lumberg input/output Network) function as the interface in an industrial fieldbus system: They enable a central controller on the management level to communicate with the decentralized sensors and …

The PLC has changed. In its 50 years of existence, it changed from a big, clumsy heavy rack sized unit (however modular and rugged) to small flexible and low-cost devices, …

The 3rd edition of the IEC 61131-3 standard enables the usage of Object Oriented Programming, OOP. With Object Orientation one can make many additional choices in the way the program …

PLCopen intended to show several areas of activities during the SPS: from guidelines to use the Object-Oriented Programming within the industrial environment, the extended harmonization of the interface towards robot …

With the update and integration of the first parts of the PLCopen specifications on Motion Control, the third part with the User Guidelines needed to reflect the new features as …