One of the most important tendencies in the development of the
industrial automation is the application of intelligent control systems
within factories, which focuses heavily on networked architectures.
Following this line of thinking, the goal of this dissertation resumes itself
in the implementation of a distributed system that controls two physical
processes, where the system components not only trade information
between each other, but also have that same information be accessible
remotely and within HMI equipment.
The controllers were conceptualized to offer different functional modes
with high customization available.
This system also takes resource of an OPC server, so it allows, not only
the communication between different manufacturer PLC controllers but
also the connection with remotes clients
The implemented remote clients hold the intent of demonstrating the
versatility of this architecture and are, namely, an operational historian
that registers information and a data viewer, which allows the use of more
advanced methods of monitoring
