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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Joachim Thomsen, Karlsruhe, DE;
Stephen C Briant, Corapolis, PA (US);
Martin Petrick, Reinheim, DE;
Frank Jordan, Erkrath, DE;
Manuel Sukerman, Lisle, IL (US);
Daniel J Aardsma, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John B Dart, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Derrick Tapscott, Kiln Farm, GB;
James Butler, Glanmire, IE;
Abstract
A state machine management component that executes on an edge device within an industrial facility is capable of discovering state machines defined on industrial controllers and translating the state machine definitions to information models that allow the state machines to be discovered and utilized by remote client applications. The edge-level information models allow the client applications to render or consume the state machine data generated by the controller, graphically render the state machines, submit commands, or set values, to the controller as state machine commands via the edge device. The edge-level system thus allows client applications with no prior knowledge of the control-level state machines to discover, retrieve, and interact with state machines defined on the industrial controllers.