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Mallikarjun Kande

Johan Åkerberg

David Mielnik

Alexander Gogolev

Robert Birke

Thomas Heilman

Ravish Kumar

Andrea Macauda

David Kozhaya

Rahul Kumar Gore

Johan Akerberg

Ognjen Vukovic

Raphael Eidenbenz

Alexandru Moga

Marco Sanguineti

Lissy Pellaco

Jörgen Bror Gade

Mitchell Jordan Rackovan

Jorgen Gade

A method for detecting system problems in a distributed control system including a plurality of computational devices is suggested. The method includes: —deploying one or more software agents on one or more devices of the system; —monitoring, via the one or more software agents, a system configuration and/or a system functionality; —detecting a problem in the monitored system configuration and/or a system functionality; —adding one or more new software agents and deploying the one or more new software agents on one or more devices of the system associated with the problem; —collecting data associated with the problem, via the added software agents.

Method for detecting system problems in a distributed control system and a method for allocating foglets in a fog network

A method for transporting a message from an end device in an industrial plant over an Ethernet network with extended functionality for time-sensitive communication includes obtaining the message from a control application of the end device, mapping the message, based at least in part on the content of the message, to at least one functionality for time-sensitive communication converting the message into Ethernet frames; encoding a request to transport the message; transmitting the Ethernet frames; decoding the request; and forwarding the message on the Ethernet network according to the requested functionality for time-sensitive communication.

Transporting a message from an industrial end device over an ethernet network

A method for establishing time-sensitive communication from at least one end device in an industrial plant into an Ethernet network with extended functionality for time-sensitive communication includes obtaining a first information model of the at least one end device, obtaining a second information model of the Ethernet network; determining first configuration information; determining second configuration information; transmitting the first configuration information to the at least one end device; and transmitting the second configuration information to the at least one network device.

Establishing time-sensitive communications between industrial end devices and an ethernet network

According to one aspect of this disclosure, a distributed control system may include a diagnostic engine, a plurality of computing resources generating diagnostic parameters for transmission to the diagnostic engine, a first communication link operatively coupling the plurality of computing resources to one another, a second communication link operatively coupling the plurality of computing resources to the diagnostic engine, and a remote connection operatively coupling the diagnostic engine to a remote computing resource. The diagnostic parameters may indicate one or more conditions for at least one of the plurality of computing resources. The diagnostic engine locally observes the diagnostic parameters of the plurality of computing resources via the first communication link, and the remote computing resource initiates operation of the diagnostic engine via the remote connection and evaluates the diagnostic parameters remotely.

Systems and methods for controller diagnostics and service

Systems and methods for configuring industrial devices through a secured wireless side channel may include a compute device. The compute device may have primary communication circuitry configured to communicate through a network and side channel communication circuitry configured to communicate through a wireless side channel that is different from the network. The compute device may additionally include circuitry configured to obtain, via the wireless side channel, configuration data indicative of a configuration for one or more operations of an industrial device of an industrial process plant. Additionally the circuitry may be configured to configure, in response to obtaining the configuration data, the one or more operations of the industrial device.

Systems and methods for configuring industrial devices through a secured wireless side channel

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Mallikarjun Kande