Power control module for industrial power system management

A method of controlling electrical devices of an industrial automation environment, the method comprising:

• in a power control module, receiving data from a plurality of electrical devices in an industrial automation process;
• in the power control module, passing the data to a programmable logic controller that controls the industrial automation process;
• in the power control module, receiving power control instructions from the programmable logic controller, the received power control instructions comprising a plurality of instruction packets, wherein each of the plurality of instruction packets:
• is associated with one of the plurality of electrical devices, and comprises an instruction sequence number for the associated electrical device;
• in the power control module, controlling the plurality of electrical devices based at least in part on the instructions, wherein the controlling comprises at least:
• generating a group of the plurality of instruction packets associated with a first electrical device of the plurality of electrical devices, and
• controlling the first electrical device in an order according to the instruction sequence numbers in the group of instruction packets;
• in the programmable logic controller, generating power control instructions for the plurality of electrical devices based on the data received from the power control module;
• and
• in the programmable logic controller, generating process control instructions for one or more manufacturing devices.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, direct a power control module to at least:

• receive data from a plurality of electrical devices in an industrial automation process;
• pass the data to a programmable logic controller that controls the industrial automation process wherein the programmable logic controller comprises:
• power control logic configured to generate power control instructions based on the data, and
• process control logic configured to control one or more manufacturing devices;
• receive the power control instructions from the programmable logic controller, the received power control instructions comprising a plurality of instruction packets, wherein each of the plurality of instruction packets:
• is associated with one of the plurality of electric devices, and comprises an instruction sequence number for the associated electric device;
• generate a group of the plurality of instruction packets associated with a first electrical device of the plurality of electrical devices;
• and
• control the plurality of electrical devices based at least in part on the power control instructions, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the first electrical device in an order according to the instruction sequence numbers in the group of instruction packets.