PLCopen

PLCopen is an organization in the field of industrial control technology. It developed standards that provide for the increase of efficiency in the development of applications and lowering the cost of maintenance of such software. The PLCopen wants to be independent of specific manufacturers and products and, through the work of the working groups for the dissemination of international standards and their application to a broad field. One of the core activities can be found in the EN 61131, the only global standard for industrial control programming area.

Important results can be found in the works to:

  • Motion Control library
  • Proposals for safety properties of controls
  • XML specifications for the exchange project data
  • Rules for determining the compatibility between programming tools

The organization is funded through membership fees.

The PLCopen was founded in 1992. The headquarters is located in the Netherlands. Offices are located in Barrie (Ontario, Canada ), Tokyo ( Japan), Beijing (China).

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