Among a plurality of synchronous control programs each configured to include a plurality of output software modules with respect to one driving software module, a synchronous control program of a multi-axis configuration, in which driving software modules are coupled together into a same axis, is displayed on one screen. On this display screen, display is switched between a parameter setting screen, status information on respective software modules, and a waveform graph of the driving software module and the output software modules, in order to enable work ranging from software designing to debugging to be efficiently performed.

A method for configuring and controlling a system of interconnected execution modules as well as a system of interconnected execution modules including a multitude of execution modules includes at least one configuration interface arranged so as to define at least one user program including at least one operation rule, and at least two execution modules among the multitude of execution modules. At least one first execution module is arranged so as to interpret and execute the at least one user program and at least one second execution module is arranged so as to communicate with the at least one first execution module via a communication interface. The method includes at least one operation rule defining at least one operation to be carried out based on at least one condition determined on the basis of a variable representative of a functioning state or a measurement of a physical quantity.

Disclosed are a computerized system and a method of programing a controller of an industrial system. The method may include: receiving, from the controller, data defining two or more controllable elements included in the industrial system; generating logical connections between the two or more controllable elements based on the received data and the graphical presentation; receiving, from a user interface included in the computerized system, one or more graphical markers presenting an operation sequence of the two or more controllable elements; and converting the graphical markers to an executable code configured to control a controller of the industrial system to control the two or more controllable elements according to the operation sequence.

An integrated development environment (IDE) leverages a generative AI model to generate industrial control code in accordance with specified functional requirements, which can be provided to the industrial IDE system as intuitive natural language spoken or written text. The industrial IDE can also analyze written code in response to natural language prompts submitted against the code, generate answers to user-submitted questions about the code, and offer recommendations for improving the code in response to specific questions or requests submitted by the user.