Determining hierarchy context for industrial devices in an industrial system
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRyan Coon, Scott D. Day, David C. Mazur, Jonathan A. Mills, Todd A. Wiese
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Abstract
A method includes using a mobile device connected to an industrial network of an industrial system, obtaining a first identity object from an intelligent industrial device of the industrial system, bridging through the intelligent industrial device to obtain a second identity object of a related device of the industrial system that is related to the intelligent industrial device, and using the mobile device, presenting a hierarchy context of the intelligent industrial device to a user based on the identity objects.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- using a mobile device connected to an industrial network of an industrial system:
- establishing a wireless connection to a human interface module (HIM) mounted to an intelligent industrial device of the industrial system;
- obtaining, via the wireless connection, a first identity object from the intelligent industrial device;
- bridging through the intelligent industrial device via common industrial protocol (CIP) routing to obtain a second identity object of a second intelligent industrial device of the industrial system, wherein the second intelligent industrial device is related to the intelligent industrial device;
- obtaining, using a location-tracking signal comprising at least one of a radio frequency identification (RFID) signal and an ultra-wideband (UWB) signal transmitted from the mobile device, a first physical location of the intelligent industrial device and a second physical location of the second intelligent industrial device;
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- presenting a hierarchy context of the intelligent industrial device to a user based at least on the first identity object and the second identity object, wherein the hierarchy context includes the first physical location and the second physical location.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device connected to an industrial network of an industrial system, cause the mobile device to:
- establish a wireless connection to a human interface module (HIM) mounted to an intelligent industrial device of the industrial system;
- obtain, via the wireless connection, a first identity object from the intelligent industrial device;
- bridge through the intelligent industrial device via common industrial protocol (CIP) routing to obtain a second identity object of a second intelligent industrial device of the industrial system, wherein the second intelligent industrial device is related to the intelligent industrial device;
- obtain, using a location-tracking signal comprising at least one of a radio frequency identification (RFID) signal and an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication signal transmitted from the mobile device, a first physical location of the intelligent industrial device and a second physical location of the second intelligent industrial device;
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- present a hierarchy context of the intelligent industrial device to a user based at least on the first identity object and the second identity object, wherein the hierarchy context includes the first physical location and the second physical location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.