This document describes a software tool called Control Systems Autogen that can automate the generation of control system documentation and code. It summarizes: - Autogen can auto-generate PLC code, SCADA graphics, functional descriptions and other artifacts for control systems based on design input data provided by the user, reducing development time by up to 80%. - The user provides input data like PLC I/O points and properties of controlled equipment in Excel sheets. Autogen then generates code and documentation by replacing tags in template files. - It supports multiple PLC and SCADA platforms and allows customizing outputs to company standards. Services include customizing Autogen, project management, and consultancy.

1. ITTECH Pty Ltd
Control Systems
Auto Generation
Automate
Automation Projects Development.
Cut repetitive work in Control Systems development and
produce easy to maintain high quality PLC code and
SCADA in a fraction of traditional development time.

2. IT IS EASY:
Don’t spend precious time in repetitive work when developing PLC/SCADA control systems. Cut down on development to reduce the your cost and in-
crease your competitiveness on the market.
The software product offered allows you to produce a complex control system for large control projects within days virtually free of errors and with
the highly structured and well organised code being produced, its future maintenance and expansion is easy and at low cost too. Just provide the de-
sign input data for the control system that you want to build in the form of spreadsheets or P&ID drawings and auto generate all the Functional De-
scriptions, PLC code and SCADA graphics and tags in minutes. Design input data typically consist of data records for each of the plant equipment items
meant to be controlled such as motors, valves, PID controllers, I/O digital and analog points etc. The auto generation tool is very flexible. The user
defines all the data structures of plant equipment design input data records as required for his needs and achieves easily different auto generation
output formats.
Work Smart Not Hard With Control Systems Autogen:
Supply pattern templates for all
types of auto generation output arti-
facts required. Then create and
open a new auto generation project.
Auto generate Functional De-
scriptions.
Fill out the required Controls
Design Input Data Records for
each Plant Facility in Excel.
Auto generate PLC code/tags
import files then import them in
the PLC programs.
Generate SCADA graphics
and tags then paste the tags
in SCADA databases.
All done in a fraction of
traditional development time.
DONE

3. • Provides the framework and a method to auto generate
all artifacts of a control system.
• Based on autogen templates easily customisable to the
company’s required control systems development stan-
dards and format. The templates are text patterns with
generic tag placeholders used to produce control code
in PLC programs or graphical controls in SCADA graph-
ics pages. They also are used to produce tag declara-
tions in the PLC programs and SCADA data bases.
• The auto generation process replaces generic tag
placeholders in templates with effective tags from the
control systems design input data for the specific project
under development.
• Excel spreadsheets containing all the design input data
for auto generation. Typically there is one excel work-
book for each control systems artifact (FDS, PLC pro-
grams, SCADA system, test documents, control tables
etc.
• The design input data specifies following control system
item properties:
• PLC I/O points: Records specifying Digital/
Analog Inputs/Outputs connected to PLCs;
• Records specifying lists of plant facilities of dif-
ferent variety controlled by the system like
motors, valves and their control parameters.
• Records of control systems entities like PID con-
trollers, Control Sequences, Control state ma-
chines, Duty/Standby selectors and their pa-
rameters.
• List of PLCs used, their brand, configuration and
memory map.
• List of SCADA pages and the respective division
of controls in them.
• Targeting different PLC brands like Control Logix, Sie-
mens or Schneider is easy. We just use different tem-
plates for each particular PLC brand. Same applies to
the target SCADA system whether it might be Schneider
Citect, GE Proficy iFix or Honeywell Expe-
rion.
• The database of templates for different
control systems artifacts and platforms is
managed and maintained from the front end
GUI of the Autogen tool.
• Front end Graphical User Interface al-
lows to navigate and manage auto genera-
tion projects.
• It is easy to add or modify items in the
auto generated control system. To add a
motor, valve or sequence control just put a
record in the design input data sheets for it
and then
generate
control
patterns
import files
for the PLC
and
SCADA only for this
item, import and add to the PLC program and SCADA.
Done.
• Navigation in the design input data spreadsheets is
made easy with the front end GUI of the product. All
control elements of an autogen project are listed in a
tree view in the GUI ordered by plant area, facility,
device etc. Jumping to the design input data for a par-
ticular item is a matter of finding it in the list and click-
ing on it. Then it can be edited or viewed in the Excel
spreadsheet.
• The product comes with comprehensive and easy to use
context sensitive online
help. Just hover with
the mouse over a con-
trol in the front end
GUI and press F1. You
get extensive and
targeted help for the particular control.
• The tool runs on any Windows based machine and is
easy to install with a standard Windows installer sup-
plied with it.
Patchwork is a
good thing from
our prospective:)
Control System Auto Generation Product Overview:
We develop user
friendly products.
Flexibility and easy customi-
sation are key features of the
Autogen tool.
Plant Facilities data records
view.
Plant Facilities data
structure view.
Manage Autogen templates.
Manage Autogen Projects.

4. The Advantages of using Auto Generation:
• Takes off all the repetitive work that engineers
have to put up with in order to code a control sys-
tem.
• Control Systems development time reduced by up
to 80%. It is simply a matter of entering all the de-
sign input data required for auto generation.
• Generates high quality, reliable, well structured and easy to maintain code and
documentation.
• Capable of auto generating just parts of the control system (e.g. generating PLC
code and SCADA graphics only for few or a single
control item like a motor, valve, PID controller. It
makes the process of modifying or expanding the
control system very easy.
• Flexible enough to auto generate code and documentation according to any cus-
tomer standards and requirements.
• Easily customizable to suit customer standards and format requirements.
• Capable of generating PLC code for any PLC brand, SCADA graphics and tags
for several SCADA vendor brands, Functional Design Descriptions in Microsoft
Word or other format , alarming tables, event action control tables, test patterns
for automated PLC code testing, FAT documentation, SAT documentation and other
customer required code or documentation.
• Factory/Site Acceptance Testing reduced by 50% since no typing or tag address
mapping errors are expected because tag addresses are automatically calculated
and assigned in the generation process.
Automate automation
project development.
Cut repetitive work in
Control Systems devel-
opment and produce
easy to maintain high
quality PLC code and
SCADA in a fraction of
traditional develop-
ment time.

5. • As a one off activity, prior to auto generating the first con-
trol system with a particular PLC brand and SCADA system
the user must develop or supply auto generation templates
(code generation patterns) for all control items like PLC
controlled motors, valves and their SCADA genies and
tags. Example template text files for tags and PLC code of
a motor are shown below. As already explained, by re-
placing the tag place holders with effective tags from the
design input data we get the complete PLC import code
for the control item.
• Also as a one off activity, prior to auto generation develop
or supply the standard behavioral function blocks implement-
ing control systems items functionality. Companies usually
have those already existing in the form of standard Derived
Function Blocks or AddOn instructions or subroutine calls and
use them in previous non auto generated projects.
• Prior to auto generation enter design input data records for
all control items in Excel spread-
sheets.
• As a one off activity, prior to
auto generation, supply the set
of genies used in SCADA graph-
ics. Companies usually have those
genies already defined and used
in previous projects.
• For SCADA auto generation pur-
poses all the necessary design
input data is derived from the
data entered for PLC code gen-
eration and is imported in the SCADA auto-
gen Excel spreadsheet an example of which
is shown here.
User Supplied Input for the Auto Generation in a Nutshell:
Tag template with tag placeholders
to be substituted in autogen.
PLC code template with tag
placeholders to be substituted
in autogen.
The autogenerated Motor_DOL block when
called in PLC code, executes the functionality
of its implementation which is a standard
function block developed by the customer or
supplied by a third party.

6. Our Services
Expertise Directly Related to your Field of Activities. ITTECH’s software engi-
neers and automation specialists provide professional services in PLC program
development, testing and integration. Over and above software systems, our
expertise covers many more fields in applied industrial engineering including:
electrical, automation engineering and software/hardware verification and
validation.
ITTECH is active primarily in the industrial sector. We actively participate in
the following types of projects:
• “Logic Error Hunter” product development, sales, support.
• “Autogen” product development, sales, support.
• Autogeneration, validation and verification services for industrial automa-
tion applications as an independent PLC program quality assurance body.
• Consultancy services in Control systems software engineering and testing.
Services Offered by ITTECH regarding Auto Generation:
We offer the Control Systems Autogen software tool to end users:
1. Autogen is available as a fully fledged and licensed standalone product running
under all derivatives of Windows and coming with a standard Windows Installer. In
addition Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 is required.
2. ITTECH P/L also can create all the necessary templates specific to customer needs
required in the auto generation process. This way the user receives an out of the
box tool ready to be used.
For further information:
ITTECH PTY LTD
Mobile: +61 (0) 423736059
Email: tony@ittech-automation.com.au
Web: www.ittech-automation.com.au
Postal Address:
78 BAroona Road
Northbridge, NSW 2063
Sydney, Australia
Autogen Projects Management Insights:
In case companies decide to use our services to cus-
tomise their auto generation needs: We manage
Autogen projects establishment in a way to ensure
customer satisfaction. Therefore we proceed initially
with complete requirements specifications stating all
specific needs of the customer. Once the specifica-
tions are validated with the customer, we proceed
with executing the project by developing all the re-
quired code and design input data spreadsheet
templates and integrating them with standard control
modules for PLC programs and genies for SCADA.
Standard modules are either supplied by the cus-
tomer or developed by us. Project deliverables, in
this case - customised design input data Excel
spreadsheets and autogen templates are clearly
defined and easy to digest. This represents great
savings for customers since we have all the in-house
expertise to manage projects with a low level of
supervision and with project execution transparent to
the customer.
Customer and ITTECH meet
Autogen requirement specifications
Autogen requirements definition
Customer proof-reading
Final autogen requirements approval
Customer Beta review
Customer final review
Thin slice templates/design data sheets development
Development certification
Full Suite of templates/design data sheets creation
Autogen documentation
Beta Release of deliverables