Objectives

OSCAT is for " Open Source Community for Automation Technology ".

OSCAT created a Open Source Library referenced to the IEC61131-3 standard, which can be dispensed with vendor-specific functions and therefore ported to all IEC61131-3-compatible programmable logic controllers. Although trends for PLC in the use of vendor-specific libraries are usually solved efficiently and these libraries are also provided in part free of charge, there are still major disadvantages of using it: