SIMULATION DEVICE FOR APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

PURPOSE:To easily evaluate the validity by providing an input/output part of internal operation data which transfers internal operation data of a simulation device to a controller or another device. CONSTITUTION:In a simulator 2, the control signal from an automatic controller 1 is received by a signal input/output part 24 and is processed by a central processing unit 21, and a response is returned to the automatic controller 1 to simulate a production equipment. In a data processor 3, simulation data from the simulator 2 is received by a data input/output part 34 and is processed in accordance with a program on a main memory 32 by a central processing unit 31, and the processing result is stored in the main memory 32 and an external storage device 33. The processing result is displayed for a user through a man-machine interface 35 as the condition of simulation. Thus, the progress condition is easily recognized.