IEC 61499 Interoperability Test Procedure

The following general procedure may be used to test the compliance of independently developed implementations to the interoperability provisions of the IEC 61499 Compliance Profile for IEC 61499 Feasibility Demonstrations.

1. Load a test panel configuration into the FBEditor application of the Function Block Development Kit (FBDK). These configurations are located in the src/ita/ subdirectory of the FBDK download.
2. Edit the test panel configuration if necessary as follows:
   • CODEC_TEST, CODEC_TEST2 - Since these panels test instances of PUBLISH and SUBSCRIBE types, which utilize multicast UDP, they may be used unchanged to test corresponding SUBSCRIBE and PUBLISH instances in independent implementations. They may also be edited to test other combinations of UDP addresses, socket numbers, data types and service interface types by editing the appropriate elements of the configuration.
   • CS21_TEST - Delete from the configuration the device containing the element that is to be remotely tested. For instance, if a remote instance of SERVER_1_2 is to be tested, delete the SRVR device from the configuration. This configuration may also be edited to test other combinations of TCP/IP addresses, socket numbers, data types and service interface types. NOTE - See also the NOTE to step 4 below.
3. Launch the test panel configuration using the Run/Launch menu item of the FBEditor.
4. Start the independent implementation to be tested. NOTE - Steps 3 and 4 must be reversed if an instance of SERVER type is to be tested in the independent implementation.
5. Test the implementation by triggering data transmission from the test panel and observing the effect on the independent implementation or vice versa as appropriate.