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SoftdPAC Soft PLC

This article refers to Platform v3.3.0. The current Platform version is v3.3.0.

Overview​

SoftdPAC is Schneider Electric's software PLC, part of EcoStruxure Automation Expert and built on the open IEC 61499 standard. It runs your automation application directly on a Barbara Edge Node instead of on dedicated controller hardware.

This guide covers the single-node Portable Runtime. You deploy it on one node, and you manage its application in whichever way fits your workflow:

  • Standard — deploy and manage the application through EAE, as with a hardware controller.
  • Pipeline — deploy the application straight from a URL, without EAE.
  • Integration — update a running application by dropping a package into a shared volume, built for CI/CD.

This runtime is single-node and must not be deployed in cluster mode.

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Schneider Softdpac Portable Runtime

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Automation Expert Soft dPAC - a software PLC - on your Barbara edge node.
A single Barbara edge node running the SoftdPAC runtime on the plant LAN, reached by EAE and OPC UA consumers, and also reachable at the node host IP and over the Barbara VPN

SoftdPAC Soft PLC topology

What you'll do​

  1. Deploy from the Marketplace — install the runtime on one node and set its plant-network values.
  2. Connect from EAE — add the device and run your IEC 61499 application (Standard mode).
  3. Pipeline mode — deploy the application from a URL, without EAE.
  4. Integration mode — update the running application by dropping a package into a shared volume.

By the end, you'll have a software PLC running your IEC 61499 application on a Barbara edge node, with three ways to deliver and update that application.

Summary​

You now know what the SoftdPAC Portable Runtime is and the three ways to manage its application: through EAE, from a URL, or from a shared volume. Next, deploy it from the Marketplace.

Continue with Deploy from the Marketplace.