Project Evaluation Form (5th-6th November 2012)

PLC based Industrial Grade System Integration using MODBUS Communication

4201Group Members: Iqbal Lateef/Leader (08012), Israr Ali (08013), Muhammad Ammar Naveed Bajwa (08016), Muhammad Faisal Liaquat Ali Arain (08017) Project Supervisors: Engr. Shahid Ahmed, PI (Associate Professor), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi Engr. Agha Shakir, SI (Lecturer), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi Project Work In-Charge: Engr. Ashab Mirza, PI (Associate Professor), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi

PRESENTATION (Total 20 minutes for all presenters)

Problem Introduction Possible Solutions Your Solution (Design) Practical Implementation Comparison of Practical & Simulation Results Conclusions & Future Recommendations

20 Marks

REMARKS MADE BY EVALUATOR

Project Hardware
Operation/Working functionality of the Project Mechanical Structure, Electrical/Electronic Panels etc. Caballing Proper Mounting of Sensors, Actuators (if any) Reliability Overall Engineering Skill of the Group Members

50 Marks

Mini Project-Report
i) Problem Definition and the possible solutions ii) Assigned Tasks (to solve the problem) iii) Analysis; (Mathematical Models/Simulations of problem/system etc) iv) Designing/Solution(s) ---> Mathematical solution, Its Simulations (results), Hardware design (with schematics & circuits etc,) Circuit/Hardware simulation results etc. v) Solution Realized/Developed ----> Actual pictures & descriptions of individual subsystems, Pic & description of FINAL solution. vi) Practical Results ----> How you get these practical results? Give final results in Table and plots etc. with DESCRIPTION . vii) DISCUSSION; Discuss the practical results, compare it with Simulations (or Expected) Results and give reasons of any difference in two results.

50 Marks

CONCLUSION: Brief description of Problem, choice of Solution and results achieved.

Final Conclusion ----> In case of many conclusions give it in a list with description)

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Max. Sessional Marks: 80

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Total Marks (out of 200)

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PROJECT WORK SUMMARY

PLC based Industrial Grade System Integration using MODBUS Communication

4201Group Members: Iqbal Lateef/Leader (08012), Israr Ali (08013), Muhammad Ammar Naveed Bajwa (08016), Muhammad Faisal Liaquat Ali Arain (08017) Project Supervisors: Engr. Shahid Ahmed, PI (Associate Professor), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi Engr. Agha Shakir, SI (Lecturer), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi Project Work In-Charge: Engr. Ashab Mirza, PI/CC (Associate Professor), IIEE, PCSIR Karachi Problem Definition: In the modern era of revolutionized Industrial Automation and distributed control system, every industry want to automate and centralize all of their projects and operating plants that can be monitored and controlled within a single room and decreasing man power. Programmable Logic Controllers, which serves as an enabling technology by providing such an interface between utility and load that could follow a communication protocol. In an operating industry a problem of interfacing and networking different brands (vendor) of PLCs with a single HMI PG/PC device and for that purpose it needs solutions like Communication processors and other communicating devices. So covering these issues we have to find the solution. Our Solution: The project contains three PLCs & a field device of different vendors controlling different plants & each PLC is communicated with one master via MODBUS communication Protocol. MODBUS is an application layer messaging protocol, positioned at level 7 of the OSI model that provides client/server communication between devices connected on different types of buses or networks. Modbus controllers communicate using a master-slave technique, in which only one device (the master) can initiate a communication sequence. The sequence begins with the master issuing a request or command on the bus (a 'query'), which is received by the slaves. The slaves respond by taking appropriate action, supplying requested data to the master or informing the master that the required action could not be carried out. Achievements/Outcome of the Project: Different plants and setup of PLCs are used to implement automation techniques which are comprised of three different PLCs and a field device as the key component by which four plants are controlled and monitor through HMI application. The featured following characteristics: Completely Automated Communication of different Vendor PLCs & Field devices. Modbus Communication implementation via RS-485(half duplex). User Friendly & Monitoring and Controlling through single HMI. Conclusion In an operating industry a problem of interfacing and networking different brands of PLCs with a single HMI PG/PC device and for that purpose it needs solutions like Communication processors and other communicating devices. Our project meets the specified needs and provides a complete solution with the human friendly and complete HMI for Industrial automation and Networking using MODBUS communication protocol.