Device and system including multiple devices for supervision and control of machines in industrial installation

A system for supervising and controlling one or more industrial application machines having sensors, using a plurality of separate computing devices, the system comprising:

• a server connected for communication with the plurality of devices forming a computing cluster, the server controlling operation of the devices;
• each of the devices having input/output ports for connection to other like devices;
• each of the devices having a data acquisition block with a sensor interface connected to a machine for receiving multi-sensor data from the machine;
• each of the devices having at least one memory;
• each of the devices having a first processor receiving the multi-sensor data and using the data to compute in real-time a first processing task for solving a first query related to the operation of the machine to which the device is connected;
• the server having at least one memory and at least one processor for solving a second query by partitioning into threads a second processing task for solving the second query and assigning the threads to the devices for cooperative computing of the second processing task;
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• each of the devices having a second processor sharing its processing power with the computing cluster, computing at least one thread assigned by the server and sending a solution thereof to the server for solving the second query the second processor locally computing a third processing task comprising processing data obtainable from the server or any device of the plurality of devices to form a data set for solving a third query;
• wherein the first processor of each device provides a solution for the first query to the second processor of a same device, and/or derives a first instruction from a solution for the first query and provides the first instruction to the machine it is connected to;
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• wherein the at least one processor of the server derives a second instruction from a solution for the second query and provides the second instruction to a machine through the device that is connected to said machine.