RU161340U1 - COMPREHENSIVE SIMULATOR FOR SHIPPING SYSTEMS FOR TESTING SHIPBOARD AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEMS - Google Patents

Abstract

A complex simulator of ship systems for testing shipboard automated control systems, comprising a system server that is connected to a control unit consisting of a data input device and a control visualization device of a complex simulator, and to a network switch, characterized in that computers for simulating the external environment, computers are additionally introduced ship system simulations, digital channel simulator, analog, discrete and relay signal simulator, passive digital channel switching device, pass an explicit switching device for analogue, discrete and relay signals, and an external environment visualization device and a ship systems visualization device are introduced into the control unit, while computer simulations of the external environment, computer simulations of ship systems, a digital channel simulator, an analog, discrete and relay signal simulator connected to the network switch, and the passive switching device of digital channels and the passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals are connected on one side respectively with the simulation unit simulating digital circuits and analog block, relay and digital signals, and on the other have inputs and outputs for connecting marine automation.

Description

The utility model relates to debugging and modeling systems and is designed to test the designed shipboard automated control systems (ACS) and test shipboard ACS for various purposes.

Complex simulators are created by enterprises developing marine automated control systems for their internal use and are intended for testing marine automated control systems for a specific purpose. Ship ACS are distinguished by solvable tasks and interaction with ship systems. The interaction is conducted according to the protocols of information-logical and technical interaction, which regulate the composition of the interaction information, the interaction order and interaction channels. To test shipboard automated control systems on complex simulators, an imitation of both information-logical and technical interaction is carried out. To simulate information-logical interaction, software models of ship systems are used, the work of which is close to the real work of ship systems, in terms of generating information for ship ACS and its processing from ACS, taking into account the simulation of the external environment is close to real. In addition, the simulation of ship systems includes the simulation of the interaction of ship systems with each other and with the external environment, as well as their control through simulated remotes. The simulation of the external environment includes the creation of a single external environment, through software models that include objects of animate and inanimate nature, including their 3D modeling, natural phenomena, as well as physical and chemical processes of the environment. The number of software models that support testing depends on the design of the shipboard ACS being tested. To simulate technical interaction, hardware is used that organizes real channels of interaction with the tested ACS. Simulation of the external environment and ship systems is carried out simultaneously and in real time to create conditions close to real, in which ship automated control systems operate,

The well-known "Integrated simulator of external systems for testing the ship's control system" (RF, Utility Model Patent 99622, IPC G06F 11/00, published November 20, 2010). “Integrated simulator of external systems for testing the ship’s control system” (RF, utility model patent 78590, IPC G06F 11/28, published November 27, 2008), “Complex simulator of external systems for testing the ship’s weapon control system” (RF, patent for useful Model 98605, IPC G06F 11/28, published on 10/20/2010), “Integrated simulator of external systems for testing a ship’s weapon control system” (Russian Federation, Utility Model Patent 99622, IPC G06F 11/00, published November 20, 2010), “Simulator for debugging information channels of digital control constituent systems "(RF patent for utility model 113035, IPC G06F 11/28, published on 27.01.2012).

The closest in essence is "Integrated simulator of external systems for testing the ship's control system" (RF, utility model patent 87547, IPC G06F 11/28, published 10.10.2009).

The specified simulator contains a server system unit connected to a data input unit, a control visualization unit of a complex simulator and a LAN switch, an electronic computer (digital computer) with a digital channel adapter and a digital signal adapter, a computer with two digital channel adapters, a computer with a digital adapter channels, and each of the computers has a remote boot device connected to a network adapter, through which the system interface highway (SIM) of each computer is connected to the local switch eti, all the adapters are connected on one side to a corresponding SIM computer, and on the other hand the transition to the passive switching device.

The disadvantages inherent in existing simulators are as follows:

- designed for testing and testing of shipboard automated control systems for a specific purpose;

- functional limitation, since for the development of newly developed shipboard automated control systems it is necessary either to modify existing simulators, or to develop new ones to the requirements of the tested system;

- there is no opportunity to improve shipboard automated control systems and design shipboard automated control systems, which requires simulating the external environment and shipboard systems with new properties and characteristics.

In addition, existing simulators have functionally repeating parts, both in software (software models of ship systems and environments, software for communication channels), and in hardware for communication channels, that is, the repeated development of one functional occurs. Therefore, it is advisable to create a simulator that integrates the accumulated functionality of existing simulators, and also has the ability to build new functionality with the development of shipboard automated control systems and simulation.

The technical result is to ensure the development and testing of shipboard ACS for various purposes on one test bench in the factory.

This is achieved due to the fact that in the integrated simulator of ship systems for testing shipboard automated control systems, comprising a system server that is connected to a control unit consisting of a data input device and a visualization device for controlling a complex simulator, and a network switch, computer simulations of the external environment are introduced , Computer systems for simulating ship systems, block for simulating digital channels, block for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals, passive switching device for digital channels, passive a switching device for analog, discrete and relay signals, and an external environment visualization device and a ship systems visualization device are introduced into the control unit, while computer simulations of the external environment, computer simulations of ship systems, a digital channel simulator, an analog, discrete and relay signal simulator are connected with a network switch, and the passive switching device of digital channels and the passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals on one side are connected respectively venno simulation unit with digital circuits and analog simulation unit, discrete and relay signals, and on the other have inputs and outputs for connecting marine automation.

The utility model is illustrated by figure 1, which shows a block diagram of a complex simulator with the tested shipboard ACS connected to it, and figure 2, which shows an example of a complex simulator, where:

1 - system server;

2 - control unit;

3 - data input device;

4 - visualization control device integrated simulator;

5 - device visualization of the external environment;

6 - device visualization of ship systems;

7 - network switch;

8 - block simulation of digital channels;

9 - block simulation of analog, discrete and relay signals;

10 - computer simulation of the external environment;

11 - computer simulations of ship systems;

12 - passive switching device of digital channels;

13 - passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals;

14 - shipboard automated control system;

15 - processor module for simulating digital channels;

16 - network adapter simulating digital channels;

17 - device remote download simulation of digital channels;

18 - system interface highway computer simulation of digital channels;

19 - digital channel module;

20 - switching field of digital channels of a complex simulator;

21 - the switching field of the digital channels of the ship ACS;

22 - patch cords of digital channels;

23 - processor module for simulating analogue discrete and relay signals;

24 - network adapter simulating analog, discrete and relay signals;

25 - device remote boot simulation of analog, discrete and relay signals;

26 - system interface line of a computer simulating analog, discrete and relay signals;

27 - module of analog, discrete and relay signals;

28 - switching field of analog, discrete and relay signals of a complex simulator;

29 - switching field of analog, discrete and relay signals of shipboard ACS;

30 - patch cords of analog, discrete and relay signals;

31 - processor module simulating the external environment;

32 - network adapter simulating the external environment;

33 - device remote boot simulation of the external environment;

34 - system interface highway computer simulation of the external environment;

35 - processor module for simulating ship systems;

36 - network adapter simulating ship systems;

37 - a device for remote loading simulations of ship systems;

38 - system interface highway computer simulation of ship systems.

A comprehensive simulator of ship systems for testing shipboard automated control systems (see Fig. 1) consists of a system server 1, which is connected to a control unit 2, consisting of a data input device 3, a control visualization device, a complex simulator 4, an environmental visualization device 5, and visualization devices for ship systems 6, and a network switch 7, computers for simulating the external environment 10, computers for simulating ship systems 11, a block for simulating digital channels 8, a passive switching device for digital channels 12, b the simulation of analog, discrete and relay signals 9 and the passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals 13, while the computer simulating the external environment 10, the computer simulating ship systems 11, the block simulating digital channels 8, the block simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 9 connected to a network switch 7, and a passive switching device of digital channels 12 and a passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals 13 on one side are connected respectively to a simulation unit The digital channels 8 and with a block simulating analog, digital and relay signals 9 and on the other have inputs and outputs for connecting ACS ship 14.

System server 1, designed to prepare for operation of a comprehensive simulator and to control it, includes a processor module, a network adapter, a system interface bus of the CPCI or CPCI Serial type, two server RAID storage modules with the following characteristics: SATA II or SATA III interface; type of hard drive SSD; disk size of at least 500 GB; RAID group level 1 or 10.

The control unit 2 consists of a data input device 3, a visualization device for controlling a complex simulator 4, a visualization device for the external environment 5, a visualization device for ship systems 6, and each of the visualization devices is designed as a monitor with a diagonal of 24 ″, which increases the controllability of a complex simulator .

The network switch 7 is designed to integrate a system server 1, a digital channel simulator 8, an analog, discrete and relay signal simulator 9, an external environment simulator 10, a ship simulation system 11 into a local area network (Ethernet) system server 1.

The block for simulating digital channels 8 is implemented on the basis of one or more computers for simulating digital channels to provide an integrated simulator with the necessary hardware for digital channels of interaction with the tested shipboard ACS. Digital channel simulation computer includes:

- processor module for simulating digital channels 15;

- network adapter simulating digital channels 16;

- a remote download device for simulating digital channels 17, designed to store software interaction through digital channels;

- a system interface line 18 of a computer for simulating digital channels, made in the form of a line of the CPCI or CPCI Serial type;

- digital channel module 19, which contains the hardware of digital channels (RS-232/422/485, according to GOST R 52070-2003, CAN, Ethernet, etc.);

A passive switching device of digital channels 12 is implemented for electrical communication lines on patch panels with standardized RJ-45 connectors, consisting of:

- switching field of digital channels of a complex simulator 20;

- switching field of digital channels of ship ACS 21;

- patch cords of digital channels 22 for switching fields 20 and 21,

and for optical communication lines on optical cross-circuits with channel switching with optical patch cords.

The unit for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 9 is implemented on the basis of one or more computers for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals to provide a complex simulator with the necessary hardware for the interaction of analog, discrete and relay signals with the tested shipboard ACS. A computer simulating analog, discrete and relay signals includes:

- processor module simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 23;

- network adapter simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 24;

- a device for remote loading of simulation of analog, discrete and relay signals 25, designed to store interaction software with analog, discrete and relay signals;

- a system interface line of a computer for simulating analog, discrete, and relay signals 26, made in the form of a line of the CPCI or CPCI Serial type;

- module analog, discrete and relay signals 27, which contains the hardware interaction with analog current signals, analog potential signals, discrete signals, relay signals.

Passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals 13, is implemented on patch panels with unified RJ-45 connectors, consisting of:

- switching field of analog, discrete and relay signals of the complex simulator 28;

- switching field of analog, discrete and relay signals of the ship ACS 29;

- patch cords of analog, discrete and relay signals 30 for switching fields 28 and 29.

A computer simulating the external environment 10, designed to create a virtual external environment in which program models of ship systems operate, consists of:

- a processor module simulating the external environment 31;

- network adapter simulating the external environment 32;

- remote boot device for simulating the external environment 33, designed to store software for simulating the external environment (a list of software models for simulating the external environment is given in table 1);

- system interface line of the computer simulation of the external environment 34, made in the form of a line type CPCI or CPCI Serial.

The computer simulations of ship systems 11, designed to simulate ship systems interacting with ship ACS and necessary in the test process, consists of:

- processor module for simulating ship systems 35;

- network adapter simulating ship systems 36;

- devices for remote loading of simulation of ship systems 37, designed to store software for simulating ship systems (a list of software models is given in table 2);

- a system interface line of a computer for simulating ship systems 38, made in the form of a line of the CPCI or CPCI Serjal type.

An example of the operation of the complex simulator shown in FIG. 2, where the unit for simulating digital channels 8 is implemented on a single computer simulating digital channels, the unit for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 9 is implemented on a single computer simulating analog, discrete and relay signals, a passive switching device for digital channels 12 is implemented on patch panels with standardized connectors RJ-45 is as follows.

In the system server 1, the presence of a specific scenario for testing the ship ACS of a specific project is checked or a scenario is prepared and stored in RAID modules, while all the necessary information for controlling the simulator is entered by the operator using the data input device 3, and the results of the simulator control are displayed on the device visualization of control by complex simulator 4 of control unit 2.

Then, in the system server 1, the test scenario of the shipboard automated control system of a specific project is activated, according to which the software corresponding to the functional purpose of blocks 8 and 9 is loaded into the remote boot devices 17, 25, 33, 37 through the network switch 7 and network adapters 16, 24, 32, 36 , Computers 10 and 11. After this, the operation of blocks 8 and 9, computers 10 and 11 is initiated.

In the computer for simulating the external environment 10, in the processor module for simulating the external environment 31 from the remote loading device for simulating the external environment 33, a set of software models for simulating the external environment is activated that create the external environment for ship systems and operate according to the test scenario and information from the computer simulate ship systems 11. The generated environmental parameters through the network switch 7 are transferred to the system server 1, where they are stored in RAID modules and displayed on the external visualization device Reda 5 and in parallel in a computer simulation of ship systems 11, which are used in the operation of ship systems models.

In a computer simulating ship systems 11 in a processor module for simulating ship systems 35 from a remote loading device for simulating ship systems 37, a set of software models of ship systems is activated. Software models of ship systems operate according to the information received through the network switch 7 from the computer simulating the external environment 10 and from the tested ship control system 14. From the tested ship control system 14, the information is transmitted to the network switch 7 through the digital channel simulator 8, the analog, discrete and relay signals 9. Information about ship systems through a network switch 7 is transmitted to the system server 1, where it is stored in RAID-modules and displayed on the visualization device of ship systems 6 and in parallel to bl to simulate digital channels 8, a block simulating analog, digital and relay signals 9 and in the computer simulation of the environment 10, where it is changing, if necessary.

In the processor module for simulating digital channels 15 of the block for simulating digital channels 8 from the remote loading device 17, a set of software is activated that provides information and logic interaction with the shipboard automated control system under test, and corresponding to the hardware of digital channels in module 19, and functioning software models in a computer simulating ship systems 11. To interact with the shipboard automated control system via digital channels, information in digital format is generated in a computer simulating ship systems 11, then through a network switch Atator 7 enters the system server 1 for storage in RAID modules and displays on the visualization device of ship systems 6 and in parallel to block 8, where, depending on the destination, it transfers digital channels of module 19 to the corresponding hardware, and then through switching fields 20 and 21 passive switching device of the digital channels 12 to the tested shipboard ACS 14. From the tested ship to the ACS 14 information is supplied through the appropriate hardware digital channels module 19, to the processor module 15 for primary processing quipment further information in digital format via a network switch 7 is supplied to the computer simulation ship systems 11 for complex processing and parallel to the system server 1 for storage in the RAID-modules, analysis and display on a display device 6, the ship systems.

The passive switching device of the digital channels 12 through the switching field 20 is connected to the inputs / outputs of the hardware of the digital channels of the module 19, the digital channel simulation unit 8, and through the switching field 21 to the tested shipboard ACS 14, and the switching of the fields 20 and 21 is carried out by the switching cords of the digital channels 22, which allows you to connect to the integrated simulator and test the designs of shipboard automated control systems without changing the connection between the field 20 and the inputs and outputs of the hardware of the digital channels of module 19.

In the processor module 23 of the unit for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 9 from the remote loading device 25, software for generating, monitoring and measuring signals corresponding to the installed hardware for interacting with analog, discrete and relay signals in the module 27 and functioning software models in the ship simulation computer are activated systems 11. For interaction with the shipboard automated control system by analog, discrete and relay signals, information in digital format is generated in a ship simulation computer systems 11, then through the network switch 7 it enters the system server 1 for storage in RAID modules and display on the visualization device of ship systems 6 and in parallel to the unit for simulating analog, discrete and relay signals 9, where, depending on the characteristics of the simulated signals, it is transmitted to the corresponding hardware of module 27 and further into the tested shipboard ACS 14 through the switching fields 28 and 29 of the passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals 13. From the tested shipboard ACS 14 analog, discrete and relay signals are fed through the appropriate hardware of module 27 to the processor module 23, where they are measured, converted to digital format and processed. Further, the information in digital format via a network switch 7 enters the computer simulation of ship systems 11 for complex processing and in parallel to the system server 1 for storage in RAID modules, analysis and display on the visualization device of ship systems 6.

The passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals 13 is connected through the switching field 28 to the inputs and outputs of the hardware of module 27 of the simulation unit of analog, discrete and relay signals 9, and through the switching field 29 to the tested shipboard ACS 14, and switching fields 28 and 29 carried out by patch cords of analog, discrete and relay signals 30, which allows you to connect to a complex simulator and test the designs of shipboard ACS without changing the connection between field 28 and input-outputs pparatnyh means module 27.

The complex simulator equipment for shipboard automated control systems is located in the 42U telecommunication rack in the Euromechanics constructive with a remote control unit.

The proposed complex simulator of ship systems for testing shipboard automated control systems can be manufactured according to the description and scheme based on the known components and technological equipment used in instrumentation and telecommunications, and is used to test the designed ship control systems and tests of ship control systems.

Claims (1)

A complex simulator of ship systems for testing shipboard automated control systems, comprising a system server that is connected to a control unit consisting of a data input device and a control visualization device of a complex simulator, and to a network switch, characterized in that computers for simulating the external environment, computers are additionally introduced ship system simulations, digital channel simulator, analog, discrete and relay signal simulator, passive digital channel switching device, pass an explicit switching device for analogue, discrete and relay signals, and an external environment visualization device and a ship systems visualization device are introduced into the control unit, while computer simulations of the external environment, computer simulations of ship systems, a digital channel simulator, an analog, discrete and relay signal simulator connected to the network switch, and the passive switching device of digital channels and the passive switching device of analog, discrete and relay signals are connected on one side respectively with the simulation unit simulating digital circuits and analog block, relay and digital signals, and on the other have inputs and outputs for connecting marine automation.

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