Industrial protocol and gateway
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBrian A. Batke, Anatoly Moldovansky, Gary W. Baczkowski
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Abstract
A gateway component for an industrial automation system is provided. This includes an agent component to process network interactions for a network device. An industrial protocol object facilitates interactions between an industrial automation component and the network device, where a mapping component translates between industrial control protocols associated with the industrial protocol object and network protocols associated with the agent component.
Claims33
A gateway component for an industrial automation system, comprising:
- an agent component to process network interactions for a network device;
- an industrial protocol object to facilitate interactions between an industrial automation component and the network device;
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- a mapping component to translate between industrial control protocols associated with the industrial protocol object and network protocols associated with the agent component.
A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon to facilitate network translations in an industrial automation environment, comprising:
- a first data field to specify a network protocol associated with at least one public network;
- a second data field to specify an industrial controller protocol;
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- a third data field that specifies a message for the industrial controller protocol, the message identifies variables associated with the network protocols.
A method to translate data for an industrial control system, comprising:
- providing at least one controller object to process an industrial protocol;
- providing an agent object to process a network protocol;
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- mapping at least one variable from the industrial protocol to the network protocol.
A network device for an industrial control system, comprising:
- means for generating at least one network protocol;
- means for transporting at least one industrial protocol in accordance with the network protocol;
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- means for mapping data between the industrial protocol and the network protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.