Patent ID: 8572583
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for testing software for an industrial machine, the method comprising the steps of: creating a coded program comprising a diagram through which the industrial machine having a programmable logic controller is driven, wherein the diagram includes production processes to be sequentially performed by the industrial machine: compiling the coded program using a compiler into a compiled program comprising an instruction with which the industrial machine is driven; downloading the compiled program onto a simulator for implementing a programming interface provided by the industrial machine; executing the compiled program in the simulator; loading the compiled program into a testing tool; analyzing the compiled program using the testing tool before the compiled program is embedded in the programmable logic controller of the industrial machine; generating a first data by the testing tool for testing the compiled program; transmitting the first test data from the testing tool to the simulator having the downloaded compiled program; and analyzing the first test data using the simulator for errors; wherein if an error is not detected in the first test data using the simulator, the compiled program is embedded into a programmable logic controller associated with the industrial machine.