Patent ID: 11972177
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system to facilitate simulating a mechanical system used in industrial automation comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement operations comprising:
generating a simulation model comprising a visual representation of the mechanical system and definitions for parameters associated with control of the mechanical system;
receiving input from a user via a user interface comprising a mapping of one or more ports of a controller for the mechanical system directly to the simulation model, wherein the one or more ports of the controller are representative of one or more physical ports of the controller that can be used to form physical electrical connections;
generating a simulation comprising one or more control algorithms for operating the mechanical system based on the simulation model;
establishing a communication link between the simulation model and the controller based on the mapping;
providing the simulation to the controller via the communication link for operating the mechanical system in accordance with the one or more control algorithms; and
updating the simulation model based on a response of the mechanical system to the simulation.