Optimisation of industrial device parameters in a communications system

The communications system comprising:

• an automated power conversion device configured to store operational information on the usage of the automated power conversion device, and information on user-adjustable parameter settings of the automated power conversion device;
• a local terminal device configured to receive the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings from the automated power conversion device;
• wherein the local terminal device is configured to forward the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings to a remote network node via a communications network;
• wherein the remote device is configured to
• receive the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings from the local terminal device;
• analyse the received operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings;
• based on the analysing, generate a recommendation on an optimal set of user-adjustable parameters regarding the automated power conversion device;
• and
• transmit, to the local terminal device, the generated recommendation on the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters via the communications network;
• wherein the local terminal device is configured to
• receive the recommendation from the remote network node;
• obtain from a sensor of the local terminal device, sensory information on
• physical conditions recorded by the sensor in the proximity of the local terminal device;
• forward the sensory information to the remote network node via the communications network;
• wherein the remote device is configured to
• receive the sensory information from the local terminal device;
• and
• utilize the received sensory information as additional information for the generating of the recommendation on the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters regarding the automated power conversion device;
• wherein the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is iteratively updated after running the automated power conversion device with the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters, or
• wherein a new optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is generated due to wear or change in operation environment.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to
• receive, from an automated power conversion device, operational information on the usage of the automated power conversion device, and information on user-adjustable parameter settings of the automated power conversion device;
• forward the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings to a remote network node via a communications network;
• receive, from the remote network node, a recommendation on an optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters via the communications network, the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters being generated in the remote network node based on the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings;
• obtain from a sensor of the apparatus, sensory information on physical conditions recorded by the sensor in the proximity of the apparatus;
• forward the sensory information to the remote network node via the communications network, the sensory information being utilized in the remote network node as additional information for the generating of the recommendation on the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters regarding the automated power conversion device;
• wherein the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is iteratively updated after running the automated power conversion device with the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters, or
• wherein a new optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is generated due to wear or change in operation environment.

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory medium readable by a computer and comprising instructions which, when loaded into an apparatus and executed are operable to communicate automated power conversion device data in a communications system, comprising:

• store, in an automated power conversion device, operational information on the usage of the automated power conversion device, and information on user-adjustable parameter settings of the automated power conversion device;
• receive, in a local terminal device, the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings from the automated power conversion device;
• forward the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings from the local terminal device to a remote network node via a communications network;
• receive the operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings in the remote network node from the local terminal device;
• analyse the received operational information and the information on the user-adjustable parameter settings in the remote network node;
• based on the analyse, generate in the remote network node a recommendation on an optimal set of user-adjustable parameters regarding the automated power conversion device;
• transmit, from the remote network node to the local terminal device, the generated recommendation on the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters via the communications network;
• receive the recommendation in the local terminal device from the remote network node;
• obtain, in a local terminal device from a sensor of the local terminal device, sensory information on physical conditions recorded by the sensor in the proximity of the local terminal device;
• forward the sensory information from the local terminal device to the remote network node via the communications network;
• receive the sensory information in the remote network node from the local terminal device;
• and
• utilize, in the remote network node, the received sensory information as additional information for the generation of the recommendation on the optimal set of the user-adjustable parameters regarding the automated power conversion device;
• wherein the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is iteratively updated after running the automated power conversion device with the optimal set of user-adjustable parameters, or
• wherein a new optimal set of user-adjustable parameters is generated due to wear or change in operation environment.