Woodward Power Generation

The Flex500 control is programmed via Woodward’s popular GAP™ (Graphical Application Programming) language, which has been qualified and specified by many rotating original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). This picture-tocode graphical programming tool allows rotating machinery experts to easily and efficiently create complex control algorithms without having to be software programming experts as well. GAP is a mature IEC1131-3 compliant programming language and can be programmed using function blocks, ladder logic, and/or structured text. One of the major advantages of Woodward’s GAP language is its many libraries of field-proven function blocks. These blocks of functional algorithms have been used by turbine, compressor, and engine OEMs for years to quickly and efficiently implement complex (or simple) control logic and or algorithms. Users can easily drag and drop functions into the program, then connect them via drawn lines between the function blocks.