US 12,079,624 B2Granted

Method for connecting a web socket session with an object instance with automation device association

AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

InventorsPetr Pitrinec, Roman Vitek, Martin Paulicek, Michal Hanzeli, David E Preischel, Zachary S Cruz, Kevin R Sargent, Karol Szczupakowski, Pawel Krzyzowski

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Abstract

An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) is designed to execute on a cloud-platform or a web-based platform. The IDE includes a library of device profiles that render graphical device configuration interfaces for reading and writing values of device parameters. To ensure correct binding of an instance of a device profile invoked on a client device and the corresponding physical device on the plant floor during runtime, the IDE system assigns a unique session identifier to each communication channel between a client-side profile instance and the corresponding physical device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory that stores executable components;
and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to:
render, on a web browser of a client device, a development interface of an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system,
display, on the development interface, design information relating to an industrial control project of an industrial automation system, the design information comprising at least device profiles representing physical industrial devices included in the industrial automation system, and
in response to selection of a device profile, of the device profiles, via interaction with the development interface, render, on the web browser, an instance of the device profile, the instance comprising a device configuration interface configured to display device configuration data for an industrial device corresponding to the device profile;
a device interface component configured to, in response to the selection of the device profile, establish a communication channel between the industrial device and the instance of the device profile;
and
a device profile management component configured to assign a session identifier to the communication channel that distinguishes the communication channel from other communication channels established by the device interface component.

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A method, comprising:

rendering, by an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system comprising a processor, a development interface of an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system on a web browser of a client device;
displaying, by the industrial IDE system on the development interface, design information relating to an industrial control project of an industrial automation system, wherein the design information comprises device profiles representing physical industrial devices in operation as part of the industrial automation system;
and
in response to detecting selection of a device profile, of the device profiles, via interaction with the development interface:
rendering, by the industrial IDE system on the web browser, an instance of the device profile, wherein the instance comprises a device configuration interface configured to display device configuration data for an industrial device corresponding to the device profile;
establishing, by the industrial IDE system, a communication channel between the industrial device and the instance of the device profile;
and
assigning, by the industrial IDE system, a session identifier to the communication channel that is different from other session identifier assigned to other communication channels established by the industrial IDE system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.