Communication

Process

IT environment
Industrial 31-3 control software
– IEC 611

> 1ms
Slow process I/O

Level 1
Software /Simu link Tools
tion MATLAB
Fast applica

Simulink
I/O Uniit
ps

Simulink
I/O Uniit
– control loochine
The key AC 800PEC capability is high-speed – sta te ma ABB IndustrialIT provides a complete suite
– protection
control application processing, as required in of AC 800PEC engineering tools for all

100 µs - 1 ms
power electronics, for integration into ABB's phases of your automation project – from

Typical cycle time

Level 2
standard ControlIT environment. engineering, installation and commission-
Implementation of the AC 800PEC software on program
ing to operation and maintenance.
lication VHDL

DPRAM
DPRAM
Very fast app ing
three performance levels provides a superb – fast task tim rs
ic and modulato

Configuration access with Control Builder

– pul se log are The ControlIT environment programming
to I/O hardw Fast process I/O

range of control and communication func-
tionality:
Level 1: IndustrialIT integration
This level is based on the industry standard
IEC 61131-3 and contains the slow-control,
monitoring, operating, displaying and regis-
tering functions.
The development of programs in accordance
with the IEC 61131-3 standard is carried out in
the Control Builder M, ABB’s IndustrialIT
compatible engineering tool.
Level 2: Fast control software
This level contains the fast control and protec-
> 25ns
– powerLinkt protection
– very fas and service tools are connected directly to
the controller via Ethernet and RS-232
Level 3
serial links.
OperateIT Process Panel Builder
modulators, pulse logic with associated protec-
tive functions, fast analog and binary inputs MATLAB®/ Simulink® and the Real Time
and outputs, etc. It is implemented in the Workshop® (RTW). This requires special skills
FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and that can be acquired by suitable training. ControlIT Control Builder
programmed in VHDL (Very High Speed Alternatively, this part of a project can be
Integrated Circuit Hardware Description assigned to ABB specialists, provided that all
Language). tasks are specified at the beginning of the
engineering phase.
Engineering workflow The resulting program code is then down- I/O specification

tive functions with cycle times from less than The project-specific high-speed control tasks loaded to the controller by the application MATLAB/Simulink

100 µs to a few milliseconds. and configuration of the AC 800PEC-specific engineer using an Installer Package. The
Fast, time-critical control and I/O tasks are pro- fast I/O are programmed by means of corresponding I/O specification is imported
grammed by means of MATLAB®/Simulink® into the Control Builder M by means of
Software developer Application engineer standard commands.
and integrated into the ControlIT environment
as a Simulink I/O unit. This allows perfect Requirements The application engineer only needs to access PECView
specification
interaction between the high-speed AC 800PEC the ControlIT level to define the standard
Fast control application
core functions and the standard ControlIT programming ControlIT tasks and interfaces (i.e. fieldbus and
(MATLAB/Simulink, FPGA)
software. S800 modules). Applications are created using
Control Builder M, and are then downloaded
Installation Fast control
Level 3: High-speed I/O control package application to the controllers.
(fast control specification
appl. firmware)
This level contains highly time-critical, hard-
ware-specific functions such as pulse-width
Control IT application
ControlIT Control Builder M
programming
(Control Builder M) The AC 800PEC software is managed with
Control Builder M Professional, ABB’s

10 ABB ABB 11