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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
G. Erich Heberlein, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Jon W. Simons, Franklin, WI (US);
Louis K Kein, Grafton, WI (US);
Kevin A Retlich, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Wayne H. Wielebski, New Berlin, WI (US);
Kevin Baumann, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Components designed for use in networked control and monitoring systems including dedicated memory objects which store data representative of the system, the component and the function of the component in the system. The component-specific information may include data indicating the physical location of the component in the system. The objects are reprogrammable to adapt to system changes. A system comprising the components allows the objects to be accessed via a data network. Controlled or monitored parameters of the components may thus be collected in association with the other data stored in the objects.