Method, device, and computer program for configuring an intelligent electronic device
AssigneeHitachi Energy Switzerland AG
InventorsStephan Gerspach, Wolfgang Wimmer
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Abstract
A method and device for configuring an intelligent electronic device, IED, hosting a logical node instance are provided. Incoming signals of the IED are bound to inputs of a function, the function being performed by the logical node instance in operation of an industrial automation control system, IACS. To bind the incoming signals to the inputs of the function, a computing device determines, based on an input data template of the logical node instance, which data is required by the logical node instance to perform the function. The computing device determines, using process related information of the IACS, source IEDs of the IACS that provide the data required by the logical node instance to perform the function.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- binding incoming signals of an intelligent electronic device (IED) with inputs of a function in accordance with an input data template to map the incoming signals to the inputs of the function, the function being performed by a logical node instance hosted by the IED in operation of an industrial automation control system (IACS);
- determining, based on the input data template, data required by the logical node instance to perform the function, the input data template being a template input section for late binding that is included in a configuration description;
- determining, using process related information of the IACS included in the configuration description, one or more source IEDs of the IACS and names of the signals at the source IEDs, the one or more source IEDs of the IACS provide the data required by the logical node instance to perform the function;
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- complementing configuration data of the IED by adding the names of the signals at the source IEDs to the template input section.
A device for configuring an intelligent electronic device (IED), wherein the device comprises:
- a memory storage comprising instructions;
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- at least one processor in communication with the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor executes the instructions to:
- bind, based on an input data template, incoming signals of the IED with inputs of a function to map the incoming signals to the inputs of the function, the function being performed by a logical node instance hosted by the IED in operation of an industrial automation control system (IACS);
- determine, based on the input data template, data required by the logical node instance to perform the function, the input data template being a template input section for late binding that is included in a configuration description;
- determine, using process related information of the IACS included in the configuration description, one or more source IEDs of the IACS and names of the signals at the source IEDs, the one or more source IEDs of the IACS used to provide the data required by the logical node instance to perform the function;
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- complement configuration data of the IED by adding the names of the signals at the source IEDs to the template input section.
A storage medium storing computer instructions, that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
- binding incoming signals of an intelligent electronic device (IED) with inputs of a function in accordance with an input data template to map the incoming signals to the inputs of the function, the function being performed by a logical node instance in operation of an industrial automation control system (IACS), and, based thereon:
- determining, based on the input data template, data required by the logical node instance to perform the function, the input data template being a template input section for late binding that is included in a configuration description;
- determining, using process related information of the IACS included in the configuration description, one or more source IEDs of the IACS and names of the signals at the source IEDs, the one or more source IEDs of the IACS providing the data required by the logical node instance to perform the function;
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- complementing configuration data of the IED by adding the names of the signals at the source IEDs to the template input section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.