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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Ramdas M. Pai, Racine, WI (US);
David D. Brandt, New Berlin, WI (US);
David A. Vasko, Hartland, WI (US);
David W. Siegler, New Berlin, WI (US);
Richard A. Morgan, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Angel Sustaeta, Austin, TX (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An energy object extension to an industrial protocol having a comprehensive suite of attributes, messages and services utilized for the monitoring and control of energy consuming or producing resources by a manufacturing automation application is provided. The energy object includes an identifier associated with an energy resource that is associated with a manufacturing automation application and an energy type associated with the energy resource. This includes a measurement characteristic associated with the energy resource to facilitate energy management by the manufacturing automation application.