Assessing Industrial Communication Protocols to Bridge the Gap between Machine Tools and Software Monitoring

Industrial communication protocols are protocols used to interconnect systems, interfaces, and machines in industrial environments. With the advent of hyper-connected factories, the role of these protocols is gaining relevance, as they enable the real-time acquisition of machine monitoring data, whi...

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Autores: Tapia, Endika, Sastoque Pinilla, Edwar Leonardo, López Novoa, Unai, Bediaga, Iñigo, López de Lacalle Marcaide, Luis Norberto
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/62137
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/62137
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:performance evaluation
monitoring
industrial communication protocols
data acquisition
machine tools
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Resumo:Industrial communication protocols are protocols used to interconnect systems, interfaces, and machines in industrial environments. With the advent of hyper-connected factories, the role of these protocols is gaining relevance, as they enable the real-time acquisition of machine monitoring data, which can fuel real-time data analysis platforms that conduct tasks such as predictive maintenance. However, the effectiveness of these protocols is largely unknown and there is a lack of empirical evaluation which compares their performance. In this work, we evaluate OPC-UA, Modbus, and Ethernet/IP with three machine tools to assess their performance and their complexity of use from a software perspective. Our results show that Modbus provides the best latency figures and communication has different complexities depending on the used protocol, from the software perspective.