IEC 61131-3 control applications vs. control applications transformed in IEC 61499

Since distribution of control applications, exchangeability as well as modularization becomes more and more important for the creation of flexible and competitive automation systems we analyze a concept which is supposed to provide these properties. The presented concept is based on a model-driven transformation of IEC 61131-3 projects into IEC 61499. Therefore we transform a small IEC 61131-3 example project into IEC 61499 and compare the simulation results with each other to examine first results on its usability in the automation domain.