Architectural View

The block diagram shows KAS architecture with a Programmable Automation Controller platform running both Windows operating system and INtime real-time kernel.

Figure 2-8: Architectural view with a Programmable Automation Controller Implementation

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KAS IDE"Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger development tools		Allows to prepare the project (i.e. design, create and run virtually)
KAS RuntimeIn computer science, runtime (or run-time) describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). Within KAS, runtime also refers to the virtual machine that manage the program written in a computer language while it is running Server		Also called the KAS Runtime Front-endIn software design, the front-end is the part of a software system that interacts directly with the user
HMI"Human-machine interfaces " Also known as computer-human interfaces (CHI), and formerly known as man-machine interfaces, they are usually employed to communicate with PLCs and other computers, such as entering and monitoring temperatures or pressures for further automated control or emergency response		Available when integrated on a Programmable Automation Controller platform (not present when integrated a programmable drive)

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KAS IDE"Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger development tools

Allows to prepare the project (i.e. design, create and run virtually)

KAS RuntimeIn computer science, runtime (or run-time) describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). Within KAS, runtime also refers to the virtual machine that manage the program written in a computer language while it is running Server

Also called the KAS Runtime Front-endIn software design, the front-end is the part of a software system that interacts directly with the user

HMI"Human-machine interfaces " Also known as computer-human interfaces (CHI), and formerly known as man-machine interfaces, they are usually employed to communicate with PLCs and other computers, such as entering and monitoring temperatures or pressures for further automated control or emergency response

Available when integrated on a Programmable Automation Controller platform (not present when integrated a programmable drive)

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IEC"International Electrotechnical Commission" IEC is a not-for-profit, non-governmental international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies 61131-3 virtual machine		Responsible for managing an IEC 61131-3 application with its programs and variables
Motion manager		Manages motion engines, axis objects and motion bus drivers. The KAS Runtime comes with two motion engines: Pipe Network and PLCopen. The motion engine implements different motion algorithms and functions to create, access and delete pipes, pipe blocks and axes (e.g. MLAxisCreate, MLGearInit, MLPipeAct). It also provides a set of Functions and Function Blocks that IEC 61131-3 applications can use to control the behavior of these algorithms
I/O manager		Manages I/Os and I/O drivers. It works closely with the VM Manager instances to map transparently all IEC 61131-3 variables declared as input or output
Motion Bus		A plug-in giving access to the EtherCATEtherCAT is an open, high-performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times (also called cycle times) with low communication jitter (for synchronization purposes) and low hardware costs network
custom function blocks		A plug-in implementing custom function blocks

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IEC"International Electrotechnical Commission" IEC is a not-for-profit, non-governmental international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies 61131-3 virtual machine

Responsible for managing an IEC 61131-3 application with its programs and variables

Motion manager

Manages motion engines, axis objects and motion bus drivers.
The KAS Runtime comes with two motion engines: Pipe Network and PLCopen.
The motion engine implements different motion algorithms and functions to create, access and delete pipes, pipe blocks and axes (e.g. MLAxisCreate, MLGearInit, MLPipeAct).
It also provides a set of Functions and Function Blocks that IEC 61131-3 applications can use to control the behavior of these algorithms

I/O manager

Manages I/Os and I/O drivers. It works closely with the VM Manager instances to map transparently all IEC 61131-3 variables declared as input or output

Motion Bus

A plug-in giving access to the EtherCATEtherCAT is an open, high-performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times (also called cycle times) with low communication jitter (for synchronization purposes) and low hardware costs network

custom function blocks

A plug-in implementing custom function blocks

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interface		Interface between real-time and non real-time software parts is done via shared memory buffers

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interface

Interface between real-time and non real-time software parts is done via shared memory buffers

When the KAS Runtime is implemented with a programmable drive, the interface between the real-time and non real-time parts is done via EthernetEthernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operate at many speeds for local area networks (LANs) based on TCP/IP protocol.