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Chapter 8
Application (Resource) Development
The AADvance Workbench environment helps you with the task of
automation during the life-cycle of your system, from system design to
commissioning and the day to day operation and maintenance. For application
(resource) development the AADvance Workbench has powerful, intuitive
features and functionality to enhance simplicity.
This chapter introduces the AADvance Workbench and describes basic
software features.
Programming Language
Support
The AADvance Workbench is IEC 61131-3 compliant, offering all five
languages of the standard:
• Ladder diagram (graphical)
• Function block diagram (graphical)
• Structured text (textual)
• Instruction list (textual)
• Sequential function chart (graphical)
Program Management
Facilities
The development environment is designed for collaborative working. A group
of engineers can work together, with shared ownership of a project. Each
contributor can simply look at the part of the application on which they wish
to work.
Program management features let you identify each functional module
(program organization unit) and its operations, and the interactions between
modules to form the complete application. This modular construction can
help future use of code units. Engineers can debug their own modules
independently from each other.
Programs can be tried and tested on the computer before downloading to the
controller hardware.
NOTE Instruction List (IL) and Sequential Function Chart (SFC) languages are not
supported by AADvance Workbench 2.0.
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