Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Dennis M Wylie

Ronald Eric Bliss

David Allen Johnston

Scott A Pierce

Richard J Grgic

Patrick D Telljohann

James A Bizily

Scott A Mintz

Paul Griesmer

Robert D Law

James R Copus

Thomas A Walters

Nathan B Smith

Brian J Widman

Asanka K Mananayaka

Dan A Gagich

A method may include retrieving, by one or more processors of an industrial automation component, one or more parameters from a configuration file stored in a memory of the industrial automation component and one or more additional parameters from a vendor certificate stored in the memory. The vendor certificate is cryptographically signed by an entity. The method may also include determining, by the processors, whether the parameters from the configuration file match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, and in response to determining that the parameters from the configuration file do not match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, transmitting, by the processors, an indication that the industrial automation component is an unauthorized component to a display device for display, disabling the industrial automation component, or both.

Counterfeit hardware detection techniques

A device compatibility information system captures, processes, and presents cross-product compatibility status information for industrial devices. The system can receive device compatibility information from both device vendors as well as end users of the industrial devices in order to rapidly accumulate device compatibility information for large numbers of industrial device pairs. In some embodiments, the system can also automatically discover and collect device and system configuration information from industrial devices already deployed at a plant facility and infer device compatibility information from the collected configuration information. The system can use this inferred compatibility information to populate the stored set of device compatibility status information, which can be accessed and viewed by authorized users.

System and method to capture and document cross-product compatibility status information for industrial devices

A system for storing data from an industrial control system having an industrial controller including a communication module and first memory containing data for controlling an industrial process is provided. The system comprises a computer separate from the industrial controller and having a second memory and an application for automatically accessing the data from the first memory of the industrial controller via the communication module and storing the data on the second memory.

System and method for storing data from an industrial controller

A computer program to assist in programming an industrial control system provides a programmer with a functional description of the data of low-level devices in the industrial controller, as gleaned from electronic data sheets, whose data is extracted and combined with mapping data used during the configuration of the industrial controller. The functional description may be used to create a reference for the programmer that may be incorporated into the control program source file.

Integrated programmer reference for industrial control device data

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Mentor, OH, United States of America

Dennis M Wylie