Automation design environment with integrated industrial power system management capabilities
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Mazur, Andrew J. Schaeffler
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for the integrated design and deployment of process control logic and power control logic in the context of industrial automation environments. In an implementation a computer displays, in an integrated design environment, representations of process control logic for controlling manufacturing devices an industrial automation process and of power control logic for controlling electrical devices in the industrial automation process. The computer further deploys the process control logic and the power control logic to a programmable logic controller (PLC) that controls the industrial automation process.
Claims20
A computing apparatus comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- one or more processors operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
- and
- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by the one or more processors, direct the computing apparatus to at least:
- query, in an integrated design environment, a programmable logic controller for a list of electrical devices of an industrial automation process;
- receive, in the integrated design environment, electrical device data for the electrical devices from the programmable logic controller;
- create, in the integrated design environment, representations of the electrical devices and populate the representations with the electrical device data;
- display, in an integrated design environment, a representation of process control logic for controlling manufacturing devices of the industrial automation process;
- display, in the integrated design environment, a representation of power control logic for controlling electrical devices of the industrial automation process, the representation of the power control logic comprising one or more of the representations of the electrical devices;
- and
- deploy the process control logic and the power control logic to the programmable logic controller that controls the industrial automation process.
A method of operating a computer comprising:
- querying a programmable logic controller for a list of electrical devices of an industrial automation process;
- receiving electrical device data for the electrical devices from the programmable logic controller;
- creating representations of the electrical devices and populating the representations with the electrical device data;
- displaying, in an integrated design environment, a representation of process control logic for controlling manufacturing devices in the industrial automation process;
- displaying, in the integrated design environment, a representation of power control logic for controlling electrical devices in the industrial automation process, the representation of the power control logic comprising one or more of the representations of the electrical devices;
- and
- deploying the process control logic and the power control logic to the programmable logic controller that controls the industrial automation process.
One or more computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, direct the one or more processors to at least:
- query, in an integrated design environment, a programmable logic controller for a list of electrical devices of an industrial automation process;
- receive, in the integrated design environment, electrical device data for the electrical devices from the programmable logic controller;
- create, in the integrated design environment, representations of the electrical devices and populate the representations with the electrical device data;
- display, in an integrated design environment, a representation of process control logic for controlling manufacturing devices of the industrial automation process;
- display, in the integrated design environment, a representation of power control logic for controlling electrical devices of the industrial automation process, the representation of the power control logic comprising one or more of the representations of the electrical devices;
- and
- deploy the process control logic and the power control logic to the programmable logic controller that controls the industrial automation process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.