Apparatus, device and computer implemented method for automatic generation of SCADA slave interface

A controller apparatus for an energy management system (EMS) for automatic generation of SCADA slave interface, the controller apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface configured to transceive information with a SCADA client and EMS data objects;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
• store a SCADA configuration file, the configuration file including a point map mapping SCADA data points to EMS data objects, wherein the point map is configured to define the EMS data objects accessible via the SCADA slave interface using the SCADA data points;
• provide the EMS data objects coded in statically typed programming language, wherein each EMS data object comprises entity properties associated using EMS annotations;
• provide site configuration information of the energy management system (EMS);
• scan, by an object access framework (OAF), EMS data objects with EMS annotations and combining them with the site configuration information to generate an object binding repository (OBR);
• and
• compile, by a SCADA binding framework, the SCADA configuration file to combine the SCADA data points mapping with the object binding repository (OBR) to generate SCADA bindings information configured to form a part of the SCADA slave interface for the energy management system (EMS).

A computer program embodied on a computer readable non-transitory medium comprising computer executable program code, which code, when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, causes the apparatus to:

• store a SCADA configuration file, the configuration file including a point map mapping SCADA data points to EMS data objects, wherein the point map is configured to define the EMS data objects accessible via the SCADA slave interface using the SCADA data points;
• provide the EMS data objects coded in statically typed programming language, wherein each EMS data object comprises entity properties associated using EMS annotations;
• provide site configuration information of the energy management system (EMS);
• scan, by an object access framework (OAF), EMS data objects with EMS annotations and combining them with the site configuration information to generate an object binding repository (OBR);
• and
• compile, by a SCADA binding framework, the SCADA configuration file to combine the SCADA data points mapping with the object binding repository (OBR) to generate SCADA bindings information configured to form a part of the SCADA slave interface for the energy management system (EMS).