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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
John Joseph Baier, Mentor, OH (US);
Douglas Francis Mceldowney, Medina, OH (US);
David Michael Callaghan, Concord, OH (US);
Douglas R. Wylie, Eastlake, OH (US);
John Joseph Baier, Mentor, OH (US);
Douglas Francis McEldowney, Medina, OH (US);
David Michael Callaghan, Concord, OH (US);
Douglas R. Wylie, Eastlake, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating remote namespace management in an industrial control environment. An industrial control system is provided that includes an industrial controller to communicate with a network such as the Internet. Namespace information relating to network locations of associated control devices are accumulated by the control system and/or a server interacting with the control system. The accumulated namespace data can then be employed to manage automated activities such as determining a network topology or mapping. Accumulated topology information can be utilized to determine a status of the collective entity contributing to the network and facilitating remote management of the entity. Such status can be employed to determine current device information in order to launch a plurality of other automated procedures to located devices in the topology.