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Plug and play device integration for industrial automation with instant machine visualization using RFID technology

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Development of graphical user interfaces for flexible automation systems is a tedious and pricy process. Changes in a plant assembly need to be applied separately to any referring graphical user interface. Device integration technologies, such as Electronic Device Description Language and Field Device Tool/Device Type Manager, allow integrating field devices and create an initial graphical user interface but undergo several restrictions such as platform-dependency and the need to manually adapt configuration and integration processes of field devices. We therefore present a novel approach of platform-independent device integration and automated generation of graphical user interfaces. Furthermore, we employ Radio Frequency Identification technology to overcome communication restrictions of field devices in order to transmit a device specific ID, facilitating automated device integration.

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The work was funded (No. 15012 BG) via “Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung (IGF)” by German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and “Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF)”.

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  1. WZL RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstr. 19, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    C. Brecher, D. Kolster & W. Herfs

  2. GFaI e.V., Volmerstr. 3, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    M. Plessow & S. Jensen

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Brecher, C., Kolster, D., Herfs, W. et al. Plug and play device integration for industrial automation with instant machine visualization using RFID technology. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 6, 179–186 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-011-0358-2

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