Automatic HMI Generation and Deployment from Requirements Based on Modular Type Package and IEC 61499 for Discrete Manufacturing Systems

Customizing individualized orders and meeting user requirements are important for smart manufacturing. As a connection between manufacturing systems and operators, the human-machine interface is crucial for supervising and controlling on-site devices. However, with the increasing complexities of manufacturing systems, the HMI development time is also increasing dramatically. Automatic generation and deployment of the HMI can significantly shorten the development cycle of the manufacturing system. Therefore, this paper proposes a HMI function block extension to IEC 61499 and MTP. An automatic generation method is proposed to create HMI function blocks automatically from requirements. The information for generating the HMI function block is obtained from the IO list through custom matching rules and deployed via MTP. Finally, this method is verified with a small discrete manufacturing system.