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EcoStruxure Automation Expert Software PLC¶

Universal Automation / Schneider* Electric EcoStruxure* Automation Expert is an IEC 61499 standard compliant automation software for engineering control systems. EcoStruxture* Automation Expert utilizes the UniversalAutomation runtime execution engine to benefit from the portability, interoperability, and “plug and produce” it offers. To learn more about UniversalAutomation and how to become a member, see the following link: https://universalautomation.org/membership/. EcoStruxure* Automation Expert is used in Intel® Edge Controls for Industrial (Intel® ECI or ECI) to provide a software programmable logic controller (PLC) for executing real-time control applications. The EcoStruxure* Automation Expert Runtime is capable of performing complex tasks in a distributed manner and communicating with industrial communication protocols.

EcoStruxure Automation Expert Linux Runtime¶

EcoStruxure* Automation Expert provides a Linux* runtime that allows IEC 61499 control applications to execute on Linux*-based systems. This runtime is bundled with ECI and is available in the Support/Schneider-Electric-EcoRT directory from the ECI release archive (release-eci_#.#.zip). The runtime is 32-bit, therefore the package dependencies are also 32-bit.

Install EcoStruxure Automation Expert Linux Runtime¶

The following section is applicable to:

Download the ECI release archive, if not done already.

On the target system, perform the following commands to install the prerequisites:

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y libc6:i386 libc6-dbg:i386 libstdc++6:i386

Copy the EcoStruxure* Automation Expert Deb packages nxt-initscripts_#.##_all.deb, nxt-security-keys-nxtcontrol_#.#_all.deb, and ua-softplc-ecort_##.#.####_i386.deb from the ECI release archive (release-eci_#.#.zip) to the target system. The EcoStruxure* Automation Expert Deb packages are located in the ECI release archive within the Support/Schneider-Electric-EcoRT directory as follows:
```
└── Support
    └── Schneider-Electric-EcoRT
        ├── nxt-initscripts_#.##_all.deb
        ├── nxt-security-keys-nxtcontrol_#.#_all.deb
        └── ua-softplc-ecort_##.#.####_i386.deb
```

Navigate to the directory where the Deb packages were copied, and perform the following commands to install EcoStruxure* Automation Expert:

$ sudo dpkg -i nxt-security-keys-nxtcontrol_1.0_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i nxt-initscripts_1.22_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ua-softplc-ecort_21.1.212780929gaeb363d_i386.deb

EcoStruxure Automation Expert IDE¶

The following section is applicable to:

The EcoStruxure* Automation Expert IDE is needed to push PLC programs to the EcoStruxure* Automation Expert Linux* Runtime. Ensure that the system, with the EcoStruxure* Automation Expert IDE installed, can reach the runtime over the network.

You can install the EcoStruxure* Automation Expert IDE on a Microsoft Windows*-based system. For more information, refer to the Schneider* Electric Website.