Electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRonald E. Bliss, Brian R. Oulton
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Abstract
An electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads are provided. An electronic operator interface can determine if control logic or content used by an industrial controller has been updated, changed, or otherwise modified. If the content has been modified, then the electronic operator interface can automatically obtain the content and store a back-up copy in memory. Additionally or alternatively, the electronic operator interface can periodically update a backup copy of the content. Furthermore, the electronic operator interface can determine if the controller has lost its content, and restore the content from the most recent version saved in memory.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- in response to automation content being updated to updated automation content, receiving, by an electronic operator interface comprising a processor, the updated automation content;
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- in response to the electronic operator interface determining that at least a portion of the updated automation content that had been stored in an industrial controller is not stored in the industrial controller, automatically communicating, by the electronic operator interface, at least the portion of the updated automation content to the industrial controller to restore at least the portion of the updated automation content to the industrial controller.
A system, comprising:
- a memory storing executable instructions;
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- a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of the executable instructions to facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- in response to control data being modified to modified control data, receiving the modified control data;
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- automatically communicating a portion of the modified control data to an industrial controller, in response to a determination, by an electronic operator interface, that the portion of the modified control data that had been stored in an industrial controller is not stored in the industrial controller, to restore the portion of the modified control data to the industrial controller.
A machine-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- at a first time, in response to control information being determined to be modified control information, acquiring the modified control information from a device or an industrial controller;
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- at a second time, in response to an electronic operator interface determining that at least a portion of the modified control information that had been stored in the industrial controller is not stored or is no longer stored in the industrial controller, automatically transmitting, via the electronic operator interface, at least the portion of the modified control information to the industrial controller to restore at least the portion of the modified control information to the industrial controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.