Honeywell International Inc.

Uop Lcc

Michael James Waynick

Paul Francis McLaughlin

Joseph Pradeep Felix

James Michael Schreder

Yong Yang

Elliott H Rachlin

Jason Thomas Urso

Raj L Bandekar

Cathleen F Kilpatrick

Gary Drayton

Meenal Gharpure

Antoine Guillot

Paul Francis Mclaughlin

Elliott Harry Rachlin

A process control system includes first type and second type controllers having different hardware architectures coupled together by a redundancy network for providing a controller pool. Primary application modules (AMs) are coupled to the controller platforms by a plant-wide network. The controller platforms are coupled by an input/output (I/O) mesh network to I/O devices to provide an I/O pool coupled to field devices coupled to processing equipment. A translating device translates states and values from one of the primary AMs running on a first type controller to generate a backup AM having an instruction set compatible with the second type controller. A controller application module orchestrator (CAMO) extends synchronization to the second type controller, makes the backup AM available to the second type controller, and then switches to utilize the second type controller as an active controller running the process.

Process control system with different hardware architecture controller backup

In an industrial automation system, a control device adapted to a container-based architecture has been developed. The control device may comprise one or more containers instantiated with control execution application, communication application, and or redundancy management application.

Control execution environment and container based architecture

A method in an industrial process control and remote engineering system comprises receiving, by a remote control system, a control configuration, interfacing, by the remote control system, via a network, with at least one process equipment, and remotely controlling, by the remote control system, the at least one process equipment according to the control configuration. In some embodiments of the method, the remote control system is a twin of a local control system.

Cloud based control for remote engineering

A method includes receiving information defining multiple functional configurations associated with an industrial process control and automation system. The functional configurations identify operations to be performed by the control and automation system. The method also includes receiving, at a test system integrated in the control and automation system, information defining multiple tests to be performed on the control and automation system. The method further includes executing the tests using the test system, where the test system accesses data from both the test system and the control and automation system.

Integrated testing mechanism for industrial process control and automation systems

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