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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.