VIEnCoD-proposal of an environment CACSD integrated to an ERP system as a tool in the support to the control system development cycle based on VXIbus/LabWindows and MATLAB platform

The paper presents the proposal of an CACSD (computer aided control system design) environment integrated with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, aimed at the study, design and optimization of controllers for the most varied shop floor plants, from mechatronics systems to industrial processes. More specific optimization, control and supervision methods in the the company are very important and necessary at the shop floor level; at this level, the motivation to integrate machines and production cells to the higher hierarchical levels of the company appears in a most expressive way. The VIEnCoD (virtual instrumentation based integrated environment for controller design) assists such objectives by giving integral support to the whole control system development cycle, from the phase of identification and modelling of the plant to controller synthesis.