Method for setting up a remote terminal unit for social networking
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorFrancisco Javier Ramos Peñuela
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for setting up a Remote Terminal Unit for social networking and to a Remote Terminal Unit. The Remote Terminal Unit having a configuration set (122) storing configuration data for a social network platform and participant set (123) storing a list of authorized participant accounts and participant permissions, and a dictionary set (124) storing requests, commands and associated tasks and task types. The RTU further has a controller (121) arranged for registering with the social network platform according to the configuration set (122), and creating and/or joining at least one participant group on the social network platform based on the participant set (123).
Claims11
A computer implemented method for setting up a Remote Terminal Unit in a substation to perform, control, or supervise processes via social networking, comprising:
- retrieving from a computer hosting a configuration tool, a configuration set for a social network platform;
- providing a participant set comprising a list of authorized participant accounts and participant permissions;
- providing a dictionary set comprising requests, commands and associated tasks and task types;
- accessing social network communication data, which is non-industrial process data, in a read only mode in a database in the Remote Terminal Unit;
- registering with the social network platform according to the configuration set, by installing and running an application of a selected social network platform;
- creating and/or joining the selected social network platform, at least one participant group on the social network platform based on the participant set;
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- acquiring main industrial process data from the substation and write/storing the main industrial process data in the database, isolated from read only accesses of the social network communication data.
A remote terminal unit arranged in a substation to perform, control, or supervise processes via social networking, comprising:
- a configuration set retrieved from a computer hosting a configuration tool, comprising configuration data for a social network platform;
- a participant set comprising a list of authorized participant accounts and participant permissions;
- a dictionary set comprising requests, commands and associated tasks and task types;
- a database in the remote terminal unit, configured for read only and for write/store operations, and
- a controller arranged for:
- accessing social network communication data, which is non-industrial process data, in a read only mode in the database in the remote terminal unit;
- registering with the social network platform according to the configuration set, by installing and running an application of a selected social network platform;
- creating and/or joining the selected social network platform, at least one participant group on the social network platform based on the participant set;
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- acquiring main industrial process data from the substation and write/storing the main industrial process data in the database, isolated from read only accesses of the social network communication data;
- wherein the controller is a main communication controller configured to perform computer implemented functions at least of accessing social network communication data, registering with the social network platform according to the configuration set and creating and/or joining at least one participant group on the social network platform based on the participant set, acquiring main industrial process data and write/storing the main industrial process data in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.