integrated automatic development system and related methods

摘要

An integrated automation development system (10) for controlling and coordinating manufacturing equipment (24) employs a plurality of server processes (14, 16, 22, 28, 34, 36). Each server process includes a messaging manager (45) for receiving ASCII messages, and an interpreter (43) for evaluating the received ASCII messages and identifying commands within the messages. The server process further includes a command manager (41) for receiving and executing the commands, and a logic controller (47) for managing the logic flow of the command execution by the command manager (41). The servers may include additional commands (48) that enable them to serve as queue servers (34), terminal servers (28), and other application-specific server processes. IMAGE