Gateway industrial ACL para Modbus TCP

Abstract

Most industrial processes have computers responsible for managing the production stages, which are the workstations. They monitor and control equipment (frequency inverters, screwdrivers and others) by sending commands via the network. This article shows a communication system between a robotic manipulator and a workstation, Modbus TCP and Advanced Control Language (ACL) protocols, respectively. The devices mentioned do not communicate directly, as the communication protocols are different. Therefore, it is not possible to perform this integration between the equipment, causing a sector of the industrial plant to be inoperative. There are several similar problems in automation systems, so there is the use of the gateway in various processes. It is a technology used in the conversion between protocols, thus being the object of study. The methodology starts with configuring the gateway according to the parameters of the workstation and the robotic manipulator, and then employs the use of the Wireshark® network monitor in order to verify that data sent and received follow the requested specifications.