Elettrolinux

The domain of automation industry is characterised by a highly proprietary environment. Different platforms and different tools are in use. In most cases there is no interoperability between different solutions of different vendors. The standard IEC 61131-3 provides a very small basis for common modelling of control programs, but platforms and tools are not able to interoperate. Several steps to improve this situation have been undertaken by the PLCopen. The new standard IEC 61499 has even more ambitious objectives. Framework for Distributed Industrial Automation and Control, the general idea of the 4DIAC initiative is to provide such an open framework for the IEC 61499, an open standard for distributed control and automation that gives the opportunity to establish an automation and control environment based on the three main targets;

The following two open source projects are in the focus of the 4DIAC initiative: