1. 1 / Name / Date IDA Interface for Distributed Automation The journey toward Distributed Intelligence

2. 2 / Name / Date 2 Centralised Automation 1-st Generation Decentralised Automation 2-nd Generation Distributed Intelligence 3-rd Generation The Market today IDA target The situation according to Mercer-Research (survey for Siemens: Autumn 99) Automation Technology

3. 3 / Name / Date 3 First Generation -Complicated and expensive wiring -Modular organization of plants is difficult +Software: easy to be structured +No communication (local shared memory)

4. 4 / Name / Date 4 Second Generation +Simple, inexpensive wiring +Breakdown of plants into modules is possible -Software: costly synchronisation and communication -Costly service, maintenance and commissioning

5. 5 / Name / Date 5 +Simple and inexpensive wiring +Modular organization of plants is possible +Software: corresponds to centralized control +Combination of benefits from centralized and decentralized automation The distributed intelligence is virtually structured like a centralized application ( Mr. Bent, Phoenix Contact) Third Generation Business Applications IDA Application 1 Control Application 2 Control Application 3 Control Communication Layer IDA Shared Distributed Memory

6. 6 / Name / Date Firewall WWW Ethernet TCP/IP Intranet Router Ethernet TCP/IP Administration ERP-MES-PPS Production Vertical Integration Ethernet links the machine level with all company levels and the Internet IDA Vertical Integration

7. 7 / Name / Date 7 Transparent access to information Customer Benefit Devices are Content Provider They integrate Web pages. Use a standard Web browser to access Diagnostic, Monitoring, Control, Visualization and Help How does IDA help? Definition of a basic web server structure to support Visualization, Monitoring, Diagnostic and Control services Vertical Integration

8. 8 / Name / Date Vertical Integration How does IDA help? Definition of a minimum level of architecture for embedded web servers Definition of style guides to support maintenance functions Remote Maintenance via Internet Customer Benefit All functions are accessible via Internet without additional costs and efforts All devices, program and parameters are accessible through a browser Download of parameters and programs using standard Internet protocols (e.g. FTP)

9. 9 / Name / Date IDA application Business Application Vertical Integration Direct link with business applications Customer benefit Any application and any task can directly access any element of a company database Direct link to ERP/MES (no import or export required) Production data acquisition by directly writing into the company database How does IDA help? Definition of a high level object model interface with support of IT standards: ODBC, JDBC, CORBA, DCOM

10. 10 / Name / Date Firewall WWW Ethernet TCP/IP Intranet Router Ethernet TCP/IP Administration ERP-MES-PPS Produktion Switch Horizontal Integration Ethernet links seamlessly the devices, controllers, HMI and supervisorsy system in real time IDA

11. 11 / Name / Date How does IDA help? Definition of a basic web server structure to support Visualization, Monitoring, Diagnostic and control services Horizontal Integration Operate with a web browser Customer benefit No run-time licenses The whole production line can be operated from any operator terminal Control, alarm handling, production data acquisition and SCADA at production and management level without additional software, just a web browser

12. 12 / Name / Date Safety integrated inside devices Customer benefit Safe sensors communicate directly with safe actuators through the safe network A separate safety infrastructure is not required The safety PLC is distributed in the safe sensors and actuators How does IDA help? Definition and approval of a Safety protocol and architecture Horizontal Integration

13. 13 / Name / Date How does IDA help? Definition of a file structure and service to facilitate the initial integration of a device in a network and the replacement of a faulty device Device Integration Plug & Work Customer benefit Device descriptions embedded inside the device Simple integration of all devices into the development tool due to device descriptions Replacement of device does not require manual reconfiguration Horizontal Integration

14. 14 / Name / Date How does IDA help? Definition of an Object model Definition and implementation of APIs Providing implementation examples Support of Conformity centers: test scenarios How does IDA help? Definition of a Communication architecture (IDA, NDDS, UDP, IP, HTTP,….) with different Quality Of Service Presentation of typical real-time applications Interoperability and real time Customer benefit Interoperability and ease of use Distributed intelligence on Ethernet for real-time applications Horizontal Integration

15. 15 / Name / Date Tooling

16. 16 / Name / Date Eng. Tool Vendor C Adding IDA compliant devices inside a tool Device Device Description following IDA structure IDA standard + Vendor Specific Identification of the device available inside the device and in electronic format (file) Functional Object Description Eng. Tool Vendor B Embedded inside the device and in electronic format (file) Drive Robot PLC Vendor A How does IDA help? Definition of a generic structure for devices (using XML language, for example) to facilitate their integration inside engineering tools coming from different vendors. The goal is not to define device profiles, but to provide the container structure for device suppliers that will implement their device profile inside this container

17. 17 / Name / Date Tools interoperability Eng. Tool Vendor C Functional Object Description Eng. Tool Vendor B Inputs/Outputs/Type Robot PLC How does IDA help? Definition of a mechanism to manage the IDA objects (creation, deletion, binding, ….) that will be used by the tools from different vendors Definition of Functional Objects to facilitate their integration in different tools

18. 18 / Name / Date IDA organization

19. 19 / Name / Date Charter Develop in a timely manner and promote services which use Ethernet and Web/Internet technologies as an open distributed intelligence architecture between devices and from the device to the boardroom to deliver added value to OEMs and End Users

20. 20 / Name / Date Missions Identify requirements and added value from the End Users /OEM Specify the services to support  Distributed intelligence  Link with Business applications  Web integration  Safety  Tool interoperability  Device Communication  using open Ethernet and Web standards. Provide source code samples available for free with an IDA Public License (IPL)

21. 21 / Name / Date Missions Promote  Open standards through advertising, trade show participation, white papers, web site, etc  Products from members of the association, on the web site, for example Develop  Test specifications / establish test criteria to insure interoperability of IDA compliant products from the different members  Independent conformity centers  Training materials and courses to facilitate the use and implementation of the open standards by the members

22. 22 / Name / Date Deliverables

23. 23 / Name / Date Deliverables Specifications Available for free APIs Source code samples Test scenarios for conformity check On-line Training Certification of IDA service providers Internal IDA Support function (full time personnel): web site, emails, training, surveys, minutes of meeting, trade shows,...

24. 24 / Name / Date FAQ’s

25. 25 / Name / Date What is IDA? IDA stands for Interface for Distributed Automation It is a group of companies that joined their marketing and technical effort on Ethernet and Web technologies to develop together distributed intelligence architectures IDA specifies and implements the services supporting Distributed intelligence, Link with Business applications, Web integration, Safety, Tool interoperability and Device Communication using open Ethernet and Web standards. IDA provides specifications and source code samples for free, guarantees interoperability of IDA 3rd party products and delivers training materials

26. 26 / Name / Date How can a company join IDA? After the initial phase of specification by the founder members, the organization will be open to other companies for two different purposes:  Participation to the TFGs will be decided by the Technical committee if the company commit to actively participate by sharing costs and resources  Participation to the 3rd party Group to share information from IDA members and eventually implement the IDA services in their specific products

27. 27 / Name / Date Who is part of IDA? Is it a regional organization? The following are the IDA founder companies

28. 28 / Name / Date When are the specifications available? The IDA specifications will be publicly available in April 2001

29. 29 / Name / Date How can I get information? What is your URL? You can visit our web site for more information www.ida-group.org