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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Josef Bicik, Prague, CZ;
Piotr Powroznik, Zielonki, PL;
Andrea Macauda, Genoa, IT;
V Riju, Karnataka, IN;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A distributed control system includes low-level controllers interacting with field devices, a high-level controller providing instructions, a human-machine interface that receives an input from a user transmits it to the high-level controller, receive from the high-level controller state information of the process, and display this state information to the user; first and second instances of backend software that are communicatively coupled to the high-level controller, first and second instances of frontend software running on respective client devices of the plant, and a software manager that indicates to each client device which version of frontend software is available for the client device, wherein the first instance of frontend software interfaces with the version of the first instance of backend software, and the second instance of frontend software interfaces with the version of the second instance of backend software.