Apparatus and method for generating program

A program generating apparatus that generates a program for controlling a control target apparatus including a plurality of controllers and input-output devices connected to said respective controllers, said program generating apparatus comprising:

• a processor to execute a program;
• and
• a memory to store said program which, when executed by said processor, performs processes of:
• performing a control model receiving process that receives a control model represented by connecting a plurality of control blocks on said control target apparatus, said control model being translatable into said program;
• performing a setting information receiving process that receives setting information of said plurality of controllers, and connection information between said controllers and between said controllers and said input-output devices;
• performing a control distribution process that allocates said respective control blocks of said control model to said controllers, based on said control model received in said control model receiving process, and said setting information and said connection information received in said setting information receiving process;
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• performing a communication function adding process that adds, when first and second ones of said control blocks are connected to each other, a communication control block to a connected part between said first and second control blocks, and that determines data processing to be performed by said communication control block, based on said control model received in said control model receiving process and said setting information received in said setting information receiving process, said first and second control blocks being allocated to different ones of said controllers in said allocated control model, said communication control block including a function of performing said data processing on communication data output from one of said first and second control blocks and of inputting said communication data to the other of said first and second control blocks, said data processing being relevant to a control period.