Implementation of the Technological Capabilities of the Testbed 4.0 Laboratory in Cooperation with Simulation

Technologies such as simulations, detailed modeling, and data collection with the help of sensors and feelers are familiar in industrial practice and industrial engineering. It is more important to apply and integrate all these technologies correctly. If we connect all available options and use all available data sources, we can create authentic digital models of actual operations, the so-called digital twin. Such a relatively perfect simulation can, with the correct configuration and connection of external devices such as PLCs, not only receive but also physically influence the environment. The paper deals with integrating simulation and technological means within the TestBed 4.0 laboratory, such as PLC converters, different types of servers, and devices that can be connected to them. The TestBed 4.0 laboratory dramatically facilitates the verification of the modification of production processes and the creation of various types of digital twins, making it possible to verify various variants of the modification of processes in a digital environment. After tuning the twin and verifying all the advantages and disadvantages of the modification, this already verified one is implemented in actual operation, eliminating production losses. In a way, the post is a guide to connecting the simulation software Tecnomatix Plant Simulation using the available means with a PLC converter, with the help of which it is possible to control the elements of the simulation and, conversely, to control the elements of the physical world with the help of the simulation.