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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, Foxboro, MA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for group control using service data objects (SDO) are disclosed. A device controller is configured to perform operations including: receiving, from device controllers that are configured to control devices so that the devices operate based on a shared set point, SDO messages using an SDO protocol; determining that the device controller is a master device controller for the device controllers, based at least on the SDO messages; and sending a setpoint update message including a modified value of the shared set point, using the SDO protocol, to slave device controllers in the device controllers, wherein a slave device controller in the slave device controllers is configured to adjust operation of at least one slave device in the devices, based at least on the setpoint update message.