US 11,726,459 B2Granted

Industrial automation control program generation from computer-aided design

AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

InventorsBijan Sayyarrodsari, Subbian Govindaraj, David A. Vasko, Juergen Weinhofer, Andrew J Ellis, Ka-Hing Lin, Michael Pantaleano, Sujeet Chand, Kyle A. Crum

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Abstract

An industrial control programming development platform simplifies generation of an industrial control program and associated tag definitions by generating at least a portion of the control program and tag definitions based on analysis of digital engineering drawings of an automation system to be monitored and controlled. This drawing-based program generation includes creation and configuration of smart data tags that model and contextualize controller data at the device level for processing by higher level analytic systems. This device-level contextualization can be based in part on inferences drawn from the digital engineering drawings.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a processor, operatively coupled to a memory, that executes executable components stored on the memory, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to render program development interfaces and to receive, via interaction with the program development interfaces, programming input that defines a first portion of an industrial control program for execution on an industrial controller;
a drawing import component configured to import digital engineering drawings representing an automation system to be monitored and controlled by the industrial controller, the digital engineering drawings comprising at least electrical I/O drawings and mechanical drawings of the automation system;
and
a program generation component configured to:
identify, based on analysis of the mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system;
discover, based on analysis of the digital engineering drawings, a correlation between input and output devices represented in the electrical I/O drawings and the industrial asset;
identify, based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset;
identify, based on the correlation, one or more control functions to be carried out by the industrial asset;
generate, as a second portion of the industrial control program a control routine that facilitates control of the industrial asset by the industrial controller to carry out the one or more control functions based on the correlation;
and
set an I/O address of the control routine based on the input address or the output address.

9 more elements

A method for generating industrial control programming, comprising:

generating, by a program development system comprising a processor, a first portion of an industrial control program for execution on an industrial controller based on programming input submitted to the program development system;
importing, by the program development system, digital engineering drawings representing an automation system to be monitored and controlled by the industrial controller, wherein the digital engineering drawings comprise at least electrical I/O drawings and mechanical drawings of the automation system;
identifying, by the program development system based on analysis of the mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system;
inferring, by the program development system based on analysis of the digital engineering drawings, a correlation between input and output devices represented in the electrical I/O drawings and the industrial asset;
identifying, by the program development system based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset;
identifying, by the program development system based on the correlation, one or more control functions to be carried out by the industrial asset;
generating, by the program development system as a second portion of the industrial control program, a control routine that facilitates control of the industrial asset by the industrial controller to carry out the one or more control functions based on the correlation;
and
setting, by the program development system, an I/O address of the control routine based on the input address or the output address.

6 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a program development system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

analyzing digital engineering drawings representing an automation system to be monitored and controlled by an industrial controller, the digital engineering drawings comprising at least electrical I/O drawings and mechanical drawings of the automation system;
identifying, based on analysis of the mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system;
inferring, based on analysis of the digital engineering drawings, a correlation between input and output devices represented in the electrical I/O drawings and the industrial asset;
identifying, based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset;
identifying, based on the correlation, one or more control functions to be carried out by the industrial asset;
generating a control routine of an industrial control program that facilitates control of the industrial asset by the industrial controller to carry out the one or more control functions based on the correlation;
setting an I/O address of the control routine based on the input address or the output address;
and
exporting the industrial control program to the industrial controller.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/905,130Filed 18 Jun 2020
Published: US 2021/0397166 A123 Dec 2021
Granted: 15 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G05B 19/41835
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…
G06F 8/30
Arrangements for software engineering: creation or generation of source code
G05B 19/056
Programmable logic controllers, e.g. simulating logic interconnections of signals according to ladder diagrams or function charts: programming the PLC
G05B 2219/34329
Director, elements to supervisory: generate extended plc program during machining, execution of nc program