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SAFIRE | Cloud-based Situational Analysis for Factories providing Real-time Reconfiguration Services

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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General interoperability framework
Integration level interoperability
Comment: IISF based access control framework to allow integration of additional external components into SAFIRE. OPC-UA plug-in for the data ingestion. External systems can ingest data into SAFIRE solutio by either using pre-developed plug-ins (e.g. OPC-UA) or by developing own plug-in modules
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment: Data Ingestion module will contain a plug-in architecture to allow integration of various data-source (e.g. OPC-UA)

COMPOSITION | Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes _ Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation

01-09-2016

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31-08-2019

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Comment: Interoperability between installed equipment and infrastructure (machines, environment, people) is critical to capture and process data for the COMPOSITION IIMS components.
Result items:
Interoperability for M2M & HMI in factory environments II
Interoperability for M2M & HMI in factory environments II
General interoperability framework
Integration level interoperability
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment:

1) Security Information & Event Management API, 2) BPMN standard as part of the Integrated Digital Factory Model, 3) RabbitMQ implementation, 4) OGC sensor things compliant API through Integrated Digital Factory Metadata Model, 5) Part of the Integrated Digital Factory Model

Daedalus | Distributed control and simulAtion platform to support an Ecosystem of DigitAL aUtomation developerS

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Comment: CPS interface: Extension of automation objects to include/interface with behavioral models. HW/SW wrapping of legacy and/or proprietary systems
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Integration level interoperability
Comment: IEC-61499 established both a programming language and the rules for open communication protocols for real-time control over distributed applications. Interaction between non real-time and real-time IIoT could be guaranteed through the standard.
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment: A cross-platform acceptance of IEC-61499 for the real-time control domain for distributed applications guarantees an open and interoperable way of putting together different platform over this specific aspect.

DIGICOR | Decentralised Agile Coordination Across Supply Chains

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Integration level interoperability
Comment: External applications can communicate with OPC-UA based middleware (subject to authentication etc) to ingest data e.g. from factories
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment: DIGICOR Toolstore can host external/standalone applications
Result items:
D5.10 DIGICOR Data Models Implementation
D5.10 DIGICOR Data Models Implementation
D5.8: Data access API & Reference data store (Final Release)
D5.8: Data access API & Reference data store (Final Release)

vf-OS | Virtual Factory Open Operating System

01-10-2016

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31-10-2019

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Comment: The vf-OS publish-subscribe middleware will provide the data infrastructure and will be fully compatible with major industry standards (i.e. JBI, SCA, BPEL or WSDL). IO Toolkit to implement connectors to devices or business software and specific implementations for OPC UA and MQTT. Other standards as ANSI/ISA-95 will be followed.
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment: The IO Toolkit implements clients to the REST vf-OS kernel and middleware services facilitating the integration of virtually any technology

Z-Fact0r | Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Interoperability (ICT)
Comment:

Data communication between components is essential for the project. End users create data on their shop floor with embedded sensors on the machines, new integrated sensors developed for the project. All these data is propagated in the system with data communication protocols, such as HTTP and AMQP, creating a data stream process in the system. Interoperability between the data communication protocolos and brockers is crucial for a successful result of the data communication of the system. Various data sources work together and use different communication protocols. As a result, all these components and protocols should seamlessly work and their interoperability is what helps them. A message brocker was developed for the project, based on AMQP for data communication. In the initial phases of the project, there were also RESTful APIs that helped in the initial development of the components.

General interoperability framework
Integration level interoperability
Comment:

The Incremental Integration Strategy (IIS) provides a unified framework for all the EU distributed partners, to work on common principles. By following the IIS, we try to ensure that the integration will be successfully executed in a timely manner. It defines a number of factors to monitor and steps to execute.

The IIS manifests that the components are integrated and tested incrementally and tested to ensure smooth interaction among them. Every component is combined incrementally, i.e., one by one till all components are integrated logically to make the required application, instead of integrating the whole system at once and then performing testing on the end product. Integrated components are tested as a group to ensure successful integration and data flow between components. The process is repeated until all components are combined and tested successfully. The tests included in the IIS are:

  • Load test
  • Stress test
  • Spike test
  • Endurance test
  • Scalability test
  • Volume test
APIs and Integration Protocols
Comment:

The IIS and the Integration plan of the Z-Fact0r solution were based on the same APIs and protocols as the data exchange in the system. There were no new APIs designed for the integration process and the integration protocol implemented was derived by the IIS and the Integration plan of the Z-Fact0r system.

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