System and method for remotely managing configuration of industrial machines

A managing system for managing a configuration of a machine function, the managing system comprising:

• a first industrial machine to be examined regarding the configuration of the machine function;
• a number of other industrial machines, wherein the first industrial machine is connectable to a network system comprising the number of other industrial machines;
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• a configuration anomaly detection module that is configured to:
• manage the configuration of the machine function of the first industrial machine, the management of the configuration of the machine function comprising:
• identification of a set of second industrial machines from the number of other industrial machines based on a predetermined feature of the first industrial machine in the number of other industrial machines;
• retrieval or creation of at least one first configuration value that relates to the machine function of the first industrial machine, and a second configuration value that relates to a machine function of the set of second industrial machines, the at least one first configuration value and the second configuration value each respectively representing the configuration of the machine function of the first industrial machine or one second industrial machine of the set of second industrial machines;
• determination of a respective separate deviation value for each first configuration value of the at least one first configuration value of the machine function of the first industrial machine depending on a relation of each first configuration value of the first industrial machine with the second configuration value of the set of second industrial machines;
• detection of a misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine based on a comparison of the respective separate deviation value with a corresponding predetermined threshold value, wherein the detection of the misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine comprises the comparison of, for each first configuration value of the at least one first configuration value, the respective separate deviation value with the corresponding predetermined threshold value;
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• performance of a correction of the misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine using a correct configuration value.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by a processor to manage configuration of a machine function of a first industrial machine that is connectable to a network system that comprises a number of other industrial machines, the instructions comprising:

• identifying a set of second industrial machines from the number of other industrial machines based on a predetermined feature of the first industrial machine in the number of other industrial machines;
• retrieving or creating at least one first configuration value that relates to the machine function of the first industrial machine, and a second configuration value that relates to a machine function of the set of second industrial machines, the at least one first configuration value and the second configuration value each respectively representing the configuration of the machine function of the first industrial machine or one second industrial machine of the set of second industrial machines;
• determining a respective separate deviation value for each first configuration value of the at least one first configuration value of the machine function of the first industrial machine depending on a relation of each first configuration value of the first industrial machine with the second configuration value of the set of second industrial machines;
• detecting a misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine based on a comparison of the respective separate deviation value with a corresponding predetermined threshold value, wherein detecting the misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine comprises comparing, for each first configuration value of the at least one first configuration value, the respective separate deviation value with the corresponding predetermined threshold value;
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• performing correction of the misconfiguration of the machine function of the first industrial machine using a correct configuration value.