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编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第PAGE19页共NUMPAGES19页第PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT19页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT19页VisualizationofPLCProgramsusingXMLM.BaniYounisandG.FreyJuniorprofessorshipAgentenbasedAutomationUniversityofKaiserslautemP.0.Box3049,D-67653Kaiserslautem,GermanyAbstract-DuetothegrowingcomplexityofPLCprogramsthereisanincreasinginterestintheapplicationofformalmethodsinthisarea.Formalmethodsallowrigidprovingofsystempropertiesinverificationandvalidation.OnewaytoapplyformalmethodsistoutilizeaformaldesignapproachinPLCprogramming.However,forexistingsoftwarethathastobeoptimized,changed,orportedtonewsystems.ThereistheneedforanapproachthatcanstartfromagivenPLCprogram.Therefore,formalizationofPLCprogramsisatopicofcurrentresearch.Thepaperoutlinesare-engineeringapproachbasedontheformalizationofPLCprograms.ThetransformationintoavendorindependentformatandthevisualizationofthestructureofPLCprogramsisidentifiedasanimportantintermediatestepinthisprocess.ItisshownhowXMLandcorrespondingtechnologiescanbeusedfortheformalizationandvisualizationofanexistingPLCprogram.I.INTRODUCTIONProgrammableLogicControllers(PLCs)areaspecialtypeofcomputersthatareusedinindustrialandsafetycriticalapplications.ThepurposeofaPLCistocontrolaparticularprocess,oracollectionofprocesses,byproducingelectricalcontrolsignalsinresponsetoelectricalprocess-relatedinputssignals.ThesystemscontrolledbyPLCsvarytremendously,withapplicationsinmanufacturing,chemicalprocesscontrol,machining,transportation,powerdistribution,andmanyotherfields.Automationapplicationscanrangeincomplexityfromasimplepaneltooperatethelightsandmotorizedwindowshadesinaconferenceroomtocompletelyautomatedmanufacturinglines.Withthewideningoftheirapplicationhorizon，PLCprogramsarebeingsubjecttoincreasedcomplexityandhighqualitydemandsespeciallyforsafety-criticalapplications.ThegrowingcomplexityoftheapplicationswithinthecomplianceoflimiteddevelopmenttimeaswellasthereusabilityofexistingsoftwareorPLCmodulesrequiresaformalapproachtobedevelop
