Industrial control system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRene Ermler, Jörg Neidig
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Abstract
An industrial control system includes an engineering device having a security key, a memory and a first user interface embodied as a display representing a second user interface of an operating device of the industrial control system. The engineering device stores project data and furthermore includes an engineering program running in a cloud, wherein for implementing calculation results, commands and outputs are transmitted via the cloud to the engineering device and/or the operating device. A programming device connects the engineering device to a cloud device. A method for controlling the industrial control system is also described.
Claims12
An industrial control system, comprising:
- an operating device having a user interface and configured to receive control data generated by a cloud control system;
- an engineering device comprising
- a security token, a memory and a user interface embodied as a display and representing the user interface of the operating device, the engineering device storing project data,
- an engineering program stored in the memory and running in a cloud, and a license which controls properties assigned to a process in the cloud and comprises a cryptographic signature based on a key from the cloud provider or based on a link to a shared secret in the storage area of the security token, and
- a programming device having a network for a data link to the cloud and a data interface connecting the programming device to the engineering device, with the key or the link to the shared secret in the storage area, of the security token providing a secure data link between the engineering device and the programming device, wherein functions on the cloud control system are activated by the engineering device in response to authentication by the key or the link to the shared secret in the storage area of the security token, and
- wherein for implementing calculation results, commands and outputs are transmitted via the cloud to the engineering device and the operating device.
A method for operating an industrial control system, which comprises an engineering device having a security token, a memory and a user interface embodied as a display representing user interface of an operating device of the industrial control system, said method comprising:
- storing the security token, project data and a license in the memory on the engineering device, the license comprising a cryptographic signature based on a key from the cloud provider or based on a link to a shared secret in the storage area of the security token;
- running an engineering program in a cloud;
- connecting the engineering device to a cloud device by way of a programming device via a secure data link enabled by the key or the link to the shared secret in the storage area of the security token;
- activating functions on the cloud control system by the engineering device in response to authentication by the key or the link to the shared secret in the storage area of the security token;
- displaying control data of the cloud device that are generated by a cloud control system on the display;
- controlling with the license which properties are assigned to a process representing a computing functionality in the cloud;
- and
- implementing calculation results, commands and outputs by transmitting the calculation results, commands and outputs via the cloud to the engineering device and to the operating device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.