Multi language editor

• US 8,694,959 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ICS Triplex ISaGRAF Inc. (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ICS Triplex ISaGRAF Inc. (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chouinard, Julien, Brunet, Gilles, Lavallee, Denis, Trang, Chan-Dara, Laliberte, Jean-Francois, Darveau, Frdric, Larouche, Olivier
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Mongbao
• Application Number:
  US12/242,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20100083220A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23251 Use two or more different programming languages in same program
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23293 Automated assembly of machine control software, reusable software components
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/31 Programming languages or programming paradigms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/315 Object-oriented languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates creating a portion of an industrial process. An interface component can receive a first portion of data associated with a first programming language and a second portion of data associated with a second programming language, wherein the first programming language is independent and disparate of the second programming language. An editor component can create at least one of a portion of an industrial process or a portion of a mixed language object by enabling the combination of the first portion of data and the second portion of data independent of the respective programming languages.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, first data from a first programming language and second data from a second programming language, wherein at least one of the first programming language or the second programming language is a graphical programming language; and

assessing, by the processor, an applicability of the first programming language with regard to programming the industrial controller in accord with a programming language standard utilized in programming industrial controllers;

assessing, by the processor, an applicability of the second programming language with regard to programming the industrial controller in accord with the programming language standard; and

combining, by the processor, at least a portion of the first programming language with at least a portion of the second programming language to facilitate creation of a third programming language, wherein the first programming language, the second programming language and the third programming language are disparate and the third programming language is utilized to program the industrial controller in accord with the programming language standard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first programming language, the second programming language, or the third programming language is at least one of a structured text (ST), an instruction list (IL), a ladder diagram (LD), a function block diagram (FBD), a sequential function chart (SFC), a function chart (FC), C, or C++.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the programming language standard relates to an IEC61131 standard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the programming language standard relates to an IEC61499 standard.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first programming language or the second programming language is a textual programming language, or an object oriented programming language.

23. The system of claim 1, the at least one computer-executable component further comprising:

a stencil editor component configured to facilitate creation of a custom shape, wherein the custom shape defines a control system object associated with the third programming language;

or

a panel component configured to assign a container type to the custom shape, wherein the container type defines a function for the control system object associated with the third programming language.

6. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores at least one computer-executable component; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the at least one computer-executable component, the at least one computer-executable component, comprising;

an interface component configured to receive first data from a first programming language and second data from a second programming language, wherein at least one of the first programming language or the second programming language is a graphical programming language; and

an editor component configured to;

assess an applicability of the first programming language with regard to programming the industrial controller in accord with a programming language standard utilized in programming industrial controllers;

assess an applicability of the second programming language with regard to programming the industrial controller in accord with the programming language standard; and

combine at least a portion of the first programming language with at least a portion of the second programming language to facilitate creation of a third programming language, wherein the first programming language, the second programming language and the third programming language are disparate and the third programming language is utilized to program the industrial controller in accord with the programming language standard.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first programming language, the second programming language, or the third programming language is at least one of a structured text (ST), an instruction list (IL), a ladder diagram (LD), a function block diagram (FBD), a sequential function chart (SFC), a function chart (FC), C, or C++.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the programming language standard relates to an IEC61131 standard.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the programming language standard relates to an IEC61499 standard.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first programming language or the second programming language is a textual programming language, or an object oriented programming language.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the editor component is further configured to create the third programming language in accord with a user definition associated with the programming language standard.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the editor component comprises a stencil editor component configured to create at least one of a stencil, or a shape associated with a stencil, as a function of the third programming language being created.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the stencil is a group comprising at least one shape, and the at least one shape is an object defined by at least one of a method or a function.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the stencil editor component comprises at least one object with at least one functionality respective to the third programming language.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the stencil editor component is further configured to associate a shape to at least one of an existing function, a function block, or a shape customized with at least one of a user-defined parameter, a snippet of code, a runtime behavior, a runtime perspective, or a graphical representation.

16. The system of claim 6, the at least one computer-executable component further comprising a panel component configured to facilitate a drag-and-drop operation of at least one shape from a selected stencil within a document associated with at least one of the first programming language, the second programming language or the third programming language.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the panel component is further configured to utilize at least one of a platform or a stencil editor component to facilitate importation of a library for a stencil comprising the at least one shape.

18. The system of claim 6, wherein the editor component is further configured to utilize a first container for the first programming language, a second container for the second programming language, and a third container for the third programming language.

19. The system of claim 6, wherein the editor component is configured to facilitate interaction between any of the first programming language, the second programming language and the third programming language.

20. The system of claim 6, further comprising an import component configured to receive at least a portion of extensible markup language (XML) to facilitate creation of at least a library or a stencil comprising at least one shape generated in association with at least the received portion of XML.

21. The system of claim 6, wherein the editor component is configured to combine the first programming language and the second programming language within a document, wherein the document is saved as at least one of a program organization unit (POU) associated with a concrete automation model (CAM) file or a graphical page associated with a human machine interface (HMI) file.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the document hosts the first programming language and the second programming language and is supported by an HMI container and a programming language container.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, comprising:

receiving first data associated with a first programming language;

receiving second data associated with a second programming language;

assessing an applicability of the first programming language regarding programming of the industrial controller according to a standard defining programming of an industrial controller;

assessing an applicability of the second programming language regarding programming of the industrial controller according to the standard, wherein at least one of the first programming language or the second programming language is a graphical programming language; and

combining, in response to assessing the first programming language is applicable to the standard and assessing the second programming language is applicable to the standard, at least a portion of the first programming language with at least a portion of the second programming language, to facilitate creating a third programming language, wherein the first programming language, second programming language and third programming language are disparate and the third programming language facilitates generation of a representation of at least a portion of an industrial process associated with the industrial controller.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the third programming language being created according to a user definition associated with the standard.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising:

creating a shape associated with the third programming language, wherein the shape defines a control system object; and

assigning a container type to the shape, wherein the type defines a function of the control system object.

27. A method, comprising:

creating, by a processor, a stencil comprising a first shape, the first shape is defined by combination of at least one element comprising a first programming language and at least one element comprising a second programming language to form a third programming language, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language are disparate;

displaying, by the processor, the first shape, wherein the panel component is further configured to facilitate a drag-and-drop operation for the first shape to facilitate construction of a representation of at least a first portion of an industrial automation process within a document representing the industrial automation process; and

combining, by the processor, the first shape with a second shape, wherein the second shape is defined by a combination of at least one element comprising the first programming language and a fourth programming language to form a fifth programming language to facilitate construction of a second portion of the industrial automation process, the first shape and the second shape interact while being formed from at least one disparate language, and the first programming language and the fourth programming language are disparate.

28. A compiler, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor and storing computer executable components, comprising;

a stencil builder configured to create a stencil comprising a first shape, the first shape is defined by combination of at least one element comprising a first programming language and at least one element comprising a second programming language to form a third programming language, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language are disparate;

a panel component configured to display the first shape, wherein the panel component is further configured to facilitate a drag-and-drop operation for the first shape to facilitate construction of a representation of at least a first portion of an industrial automation process within a document representing the industrial automation process; and

an editor configured to combine the first shape with a second shape, wherein the second shape is defined by a combination of at least one element comprising the first programming language and a fourth programming language to form a fifth programming language to facilitate construction of a second portion of the industrial automation process, the first shape and the second shape interact while being formed from at least one disparate language, and the first programming language and the fourth programming language are disparate.

30. The compiler of claim 28, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language respectively comprise at least one of a structured text (ST), an instruction list (IL), a ladder diagram (LD), a function block diagram (FBD), a sequential function chart (SFC), a function chart (FC), C, or C++.

31. The compiler of claim 28, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language relate to an IEC61131 standard.

32. The compiler of claim 28, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language relate to an IEC61499 standard.

33. The compiler of claim 28, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language respectively comprise a graphical programming language or a textual programming language.

29. The compiler of system 28, wherein the document is configured to enforce a separate container for each of the first programming language and the second programming language.

34. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations comprising:

creating a stencil comprising a first shape, the first shape is defined by combination of at least one element comprising a first programming language and at least one element comprising a second programming language to form a third programming language, wherein the first programming language and the second programming language are disparate;

displaying the first shape, wherein the panel component is further configured to facilitate a drag-and-drop operation for the first shape to facilitate construction of a representation of at least a first portion of an industrial automation process within a document representing the industrial automation process; and

combining the first shape with a second shape, wherein the second shape is defined by a combination of at least one element comprising the first programming language and a fourth programming language to form a fifth programming language to facilitate construction of a second portion of the industrial automation process, the first shape and the second shape interact while being formed from at least one disparate language, and the first programming language and the fourth programming language are disparate.