Cyber-physical systems challenge the field of parallel and distributed simulation due to the plurality of simulators required to model and simulate diverse system components. Additionally, simulation may require fine resolution to simulate events that occur at simulated system software-level frequencies or simulated system electrical circuit-level requencies. The frequency of events at may prohibit long simulation runs due to high event communication messaging among distributed simulators. Adaptively varying the simulation resolution during the simulation can provide a speedup by reducing messaging traffic. This work offers a general means for adaptive resolution control using the Kahn Process Network and Interpolated Event method of parallel and distributed simulation. The method is applied through the SimConnect and SimTalk simulation tools to the parallel and distributed simulation of a closed-loop motor control system. Results demonstrate reduction in messaging traffic for adaptively controlled resolution cases versus fixed resolution cases with controllable tradeoffs in speedup versus accuracy.