Industrial controller automation interface

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause an automation interface device comprising at least one processor, nonvolatile storage and a network adapter, the nonvolatile storage including a compiled executable file including an automation interface, to perform operations comprising:

• exposing the compiled executable file including the automation interface to an application executed by the at least one processor;
• exposing the compiled executable file including the automation interface to an application executed by a remote processor on an industrial controller in communication with the automation interface device over a first network via the network adapter;
• exposing the compiled executable file including the automation interface to a web service operating on a web server in communication with the automation interface device over a second network via the network adapter, wherein the automation interface device, the industrial controller, and the web server are separate devices;
• and
• wherein the automation interface comprises:
• an object tree associated therewith specifying at least an exposed program file object and an exposed control process data object,
• a library of semantically related functions providing access to the exposed program file object and control process data object, and
• a set of object classes specifying, for at least a class of exposed control process data objects, a set of one or more allowable and programmatically accessible monitoring and storage methods.

A method, comprising:

• exposing, by an automation interface device comprising at least one processor, a compiled executable file including an automation interface to an application executed by the at least one processor;
• exposing, by the automation interface device via a network adapter, the compiled executable file including the automation interface to an application executed by a remote processor on an industrial controller in communication with the automation interface device over a first network;
• exposing, by the automation interface device via the network adapter, the compiled executable file including the automation interface to a web service operating on a web server in communication with the automation interface device over a second network, wherein the automation interface device, the industrial controller, and the web server are separate devices;
• and
• wherein the automation interface comprises:
• an object tree associated therewith specifying at least an exposed program file object and an exposed control process data object,
• a library of semantically related functions providing access to the exposed program file object and control process data object, and
• a set of object classes specifying, for at least a class of exposed control process data objects, a set of one or more allowable and programmatically accessible monitoring and storage methods.