December 2005

ICS Triplex ISaGRAF releases IEC 61499 compliant ISaGRAF version 5.0.

ISaGRAF 5.0 is the world's first automation software to be compliant with both IEC 61131 and
IEC 61499 industrial standards. This leading-edge software is comprised of a powerful set of
new features that promise to change the way you build your control systems.

What is IEC 61499?

Developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC 61499 presents guidelines for the use of function block in distributed industrial process, measurement and control systems. This emerging standard provides a number of remarkable benefits including:

* the regulation of the flow of control decisions for an interacting distributed
control system
* providing for the consistency of data
* providing a means to ensure synchronous operation between devices
* eliminating the need to have separate synchronization schemes
* easing the development and maintenance of robust control systems

IEC 61499 also has the ability to encapsulate automation functionality
such that machine builders can create IEC 61499 function blocks for
different components of the machine and only need to assemble them
to achieve the desired operation.

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