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PLCopen Newsletter - Issue March 2019
1. Meet the PLCopen MD at the Hanover Fair, Germany
2. First World Interoperability Conference at the Hanover Fair, Germany
3. PLCopen starts new initiative OO Theme
4. Meet us at Automate 2019, Chicago - USA
5. PLCopen welcomes new member
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1. Meet the PLCopen MD at the Hanover Fair, Germany
This year the Hanover Fair will be much earlier: April 1-5. PLCopen itself will not have a booth during this event; however the Managing Director will visit the fair and is open for meetings with you. Send an email if you want to schedule a meeting.
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2. First World Interoperability Conference at the Hanover Fair, Germany
On the first day of the Hanover Fair, Monday April 1, from 12:00-15:30, there will be the 1st World Interoperability Conference in Hall 19, room New York, where PLCopen participates. The event is a networking event with OPC UA standardization groups, incl. VDMA, ZVEI, FieldComm and many more organisations that provide OPC UA profiles. Eelco van der Wal will be present there, so come and discuss these profiles and their interoperability.
The registration for this conference is now open. Attendees get free of charge access to Hannover Fair. See:
• Event & Registration: https://opcfoundation.org/wic2019
• PDF-Brochure: https://opcfoundation.org/agenda-wic
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3. PLCopen starts new initiative OO Theme
The 3rd edition of the IEC 61131-3 standard makes Object Oriented programming possible. Parallel to this, PLCopen has defined the concept of function block libraries including object orientation, as well as sets of function blocks for motion control, safety and communication.
When one starts to program in an object oriented world, one can make many choices. Choices like: are all FBS in one Class? If so, do we need the MC_, or even the AxisRef? How do they contain the methods? And only methods, or also direct access to variables? Is the state machine for the axis controlled by the methods?
All these choices give a different look & feel to the users across the different systems, different training guidelines and differences in maintenance. And this is where PLCopen wants to help and give guidance, in order to create a more homogeneous method, and held a kick-off meeting on March 6.
If you want to be involved here, send an email to evdwal@PLCopen.org
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4. Meet us at Automate 2019, Chicago - USA
PLCopen will attend the Automate show at Chicago’s McCormick Place from April 8 – 11.
Automate is the largest solutions-based showcase of automation technologies in North America. Formerly the International Robots, Vision & Motion Control Show which dates back to 1977, Automate now demonstrates the full spectrum of automation technologies and solutions for a broad array of industries, including motion control and robotics. The show is held once every two years.
PLCopen participates in conjunction with the OPC Foundation at booth # 9153. Included on the stand is a demonstration of a robot with the PLCopen Motion Control Part 4 – Coordinated Motion, and the VDMA Profile for Robots which is based on their OPC UA profile.
Come and see us at booth #9153!
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5. PLCopen welcomes new member
PLCopen is very pleased to announce a new member:
NORD Drivesystems, based in Germany, is a leading manufacturer of drive technology – for mechanical and electronic solutions. The range of products includes geared motors, motors, industrial gear units, frequency inverters, motor starters and frequency inverters for decentralized drive control.
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