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Software development for programmable logical controllers is usually based on low-level languages such as the instruction list or the ladder diagram. At the same time, the programmer looks at a machine or an assembly system in a bit-oriented way; he translates the operational sequences into logical and/or time based combinations of binary signals described by means of Boolean algebra. This classical method causes a lot of problems in reality so it should be improved. It is the aim of the report to show a way developing PLC-software graphically and interactively within a Virtual Reality (VR) based system (VPLC).
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Spath, D., Guinand, P., Lanza, M., Osmers, U. (1996). VPLC — A Case Tool for the Virtual Programming, Simulation and Diagnosis of PLC-Software. In: Storr, A., Jarvis, D. (eds) Software Engineering for Manufacturing Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35060-8_8
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