Controller support apparatus, controller support program executed on the apparatus, storage medium storing the program, and method of estimating execution time of control program

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a controller support program that allows a computer apparatus to estimate control program execution time, the program allowing the computer apparatus to perform:

• acquiring a first control execution time comprising an execution time of a first control program which is an object program generated from a control source program, which is a source program of a control program generated in accordance with an object of control of a user, and operating at a simulator, the first control execution time being measured at the simulator;
• calculating an estimated execution time comprising an estimated value of an execution time, at a controller, of a second control program which is an object program generated from the control source program and operating at the controller, by converting the first control execution time using calibration data representing a relationship between a first test execution time a second test execution time;
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• outputting data representing the estimated execution time, wherein
• the first test execution time is an execution time of a first test program which is an object program generated from a test source program and operating at a simulator of the controller, and the first test execution time is measured at the simulator,
• the second test execution time is an execution time of a second test program which is an object program generated from the test source program and operating at the controller, and the second test execution time is measured at the controller.

A method of estimating an execution time of a control program of a controller controlling an object to be controlled, comprising:

• calculating calibration data representing a relation between a first test execution time and a second test execution time, the first test execution time being an execution time of a first test program which is an object program generated from a test source program and operating at a simulator of the controller, and the first test execution time being measured at the simulator, and the second test execution time being an execution time of a second test program which is an object program generated from the test source program and operating at the controller, and the second test execution time being measured at the controller;
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• using a first control execution time which is an execution time of a first control program which is an object program generated from a control source program, which is a source program of a control program generated in accordance with an object of control of a user, and operating at the simulator, the first control execution time being measured at the simulator, to calculate an estimated execution time which is an estimated value of an execution time, at the controller, of a second control program which is an object program generated from the control source program and operating at the controller, by converting the first control execution time using the calibration data.