KSR

Industrielle Automatisierungssysteme GmbH

KSR-Interface
The administration of a warehouse requires the fast and reliable delivery of data between the systems involved in this application. There are not only commands for inserting or extracting cars but also many status information, which tell the overlaid system what lane is usable and what the current status of the conveyor system is. Since the communication is routed via a network and because there are specific protocols involved, it would have been almost impossible to make the implementation of those communication task on the lower PLC level. Therefore the PLC installation (an S5 from Siemens) was expanded with a slot PC from VIPA. The PC fits perfectly into the I/O rack of the S5 and communication with certain logic functions of the S5 via the backplane. The purpose of the application is strictly building an interface between the S5 and the overlaid system. There is absolutely no data interpretation or modification and no data will be stored in the PC. The first picture shows a status screen of the PC with all 16 communication channels, their current status and some relevant data regarding the communication currently active on that channel. The second picture shows a status screen of the PC with all 16 communication channels, their current status and some relevant data currently exchanged on that channel.