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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Scott C Zifferer, Mequon, WI (US);
Joseph J Menter, Jr, Milwaukee, WI (US);
ICOM, Inc., West Allis, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a software package for developing ladder logic programs for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). The present invention provides a method of troubleshooting ladder logic programs for a programmable logic controller. The ladder logic program is debugged using an emulator executing on a computer. The emulator executes a second ladder logic program. The second ladder logic program generates the inputs that drive the ladder logic program being debugged. The second ladder logic program is comprised of output instructions that drive input instructions in ladder logic program being debugged. Thus, the emulator simulates the operation of the programmable logic controller.