System integration and networking for real time applications in FMS environment

• Main Author: Tan, Boon Cheong.
• Other Authors: Choo, Fook Hoong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Computer hardware, software and systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19800
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A network methodology IPX-LAN is developed for factory floor cell level subnetwork in a flexible manufacturing system where personal computers are used as device and cell controllers. The network is based on the popular office network software, Novell NetWare's underlying protocol, Internet Exc...