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US 10,656,977 B1Granted
Automatic deployment of manufacturing adapters
AssigneeTechSolve, Inc.
InventorsRob Longfellow, Brian Campbell
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Abstract
It is possible to make data for manufacturing devices available in a standard format using an adapter that would automatically interrogate the device and use the information gained from the machine to generate a data translation file. The data translation file could subsequently be used by an agent to interpret a data stream provided by the adapter for the manufacturing device.
Claims14
A system comprising:
- a) a manufacturing device comprising one or more components;
- b) an adapter, the adapter configured based on an adapter configuration file to generate a data translation file for the manufacturing device by performing a set of translation file creation steps comprising:
- i) determining, based on the adapter configuration file, a set of data items to include in a data stream for the manufacturing device;
- ii) determining a set of active components by interrogating the manufacturing device;
- and
- iii) for each active component from the set of active components:
- A) for each of one or more data items from the set of data items to include in the data stream for the manufacturing device, adding an entry for that data item to the data translation file;
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- c) an agent, the agent configured to:
- i) request the data stream for the manufacturing device from the adapter;
- ii) interpret the data stream for the manufacturing device using the data translation file for the manufacturing device;
- and
- iii) provide a standard format output encapsulating data from the data stream for the manufacturing device to one or more client applications.
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A method comprising:
- a) an adapter generating a data translation file for a manufacturing device by executing a set of instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the set of computer executable instructions are operable to cause the adapter to perform a set of translation file creation steps comprising:
- i) determining, based on an adapter configuration file, a set of data items to include in a data stream for the manufacturing device;
- ii) determining a set of active components by interrogating the manufacturing device;
- and
- iii) for each active component from the set of active components:
- A) for each of one or more data items from the set of data items to include in the data stream for the manufacturing device, add an entry for that data item to the data translation file;
- b) sending the data stream for the manufacturing device to an agent, wherein the agent is configured to:
- i) interpret the data stream for the manufacturing device using the data translation file for the manufacturing device;
- and
- ii) provide a standard format encapsulating data from the data stream for the manufacturing device to one or more client applications.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.