Industrial automation project design telemetry

A method for providing industrial control system design guidance, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, by the system via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input received from the client device that defines aspects of a control project for monitoring and controlling an industrial system;
• generating, by the system, system project data based on the industrial design input, the system project data comprising at least an executable industrial control program and industrial device configuration data;
• generating, by the system, project telemetry data based on a first analysis of the system project data, the project telemetry data identifying industrial devices used by the control project and features of the industrial devices used by the control project;
• retrieving, by the system based on a second analysis performed on the project telemetry data, digital device profiles corresponding to the industrial devices identified by the project telemetry data from one or more vendor repositories, wherein the digital device profiles are generic digital representations of the industrial devices and comprise functional specification data for the industrial devices, the functional specification data comprising at least response times for the industrial devices and available configuration parameters for the industrial devices;
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• converting, by the system, the digital device profiles to customized asset models representing the industrial devices as configured by the system project data, wherein the customized asset models yield a digital twin capable of simulating the industrial system, and the converting comprises applying the industrial device configuration data obtained from the system project data to the digital device profiles to yield the customized asset models.

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

• rendering integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input received from the client device that defines aspects of a control project for monitoring and controlling an industrial system;
• generating system project data based on the industrial design input, the system project data comprising at least an executable industrial control program and industrial device configuration data;
• generating project telemetry data based on a first analysis of the system project data, the project telemetry data identifying industrial devices used by the control project and features of the industrial devices used by the control project;
• retrieving, based on a second analysis performed on the project telemetry data, digital device profiles corresponding to the industrial devices identified by the project telemetry data from one or more vendor repositories, wherein the digital device profiles are generic digital representations of the industrial devices and comprise functional specification data for the industrial devices, the functional specification data comprising at least response times for the industrial devices and available configuration parameters for the industrial devices;
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• applying the industrial device configuration data obtained from the system project data to the digital device profiles to yield customized asset models representing the industrial devices as configured by the system project data, wherein the customized asset models yield a digital twin capable of simulating the industrial system.