Method and cloud gateway for monitoring an automated facility

A method for monitoring an automated facility, wherein a plurality of field devices are integrated in the facility, wherein the field devices generate data, including measurement data, control data, calibration and parametering data, diagnosis data, history data, and status data, and wherein the field devices are configured to communicate with one another and with a superordinate unit using a first communication network, the method comprising:

• connecting a cloud gateway with the first communication network of the facility;
• ascertaining with the cloud gateway the field devices connected to the first communication network;
• testing whether device descriptions corresponding to the ascertained field devices are present in a server connected with the cloud gateway via a second communication network;
• downloading from the server via the second communication network device descriptions corresponding to the ascertained field devices and installing the device descriptions in the cloud gateway;
• creating a configuration plan using the server, wherein the configuration plan defines at least one field device to be queried, data to be queried of the at least one field device, a frequency of the querying, and one or more points in time for the querying;
• transmitting the configuration plan to the cloud gateway;
• querying data from the at least one field device with the cloud gateway according to the configuration plan located in the cloud gateway;
• transmitting the queried data to the server by the cloud gateway;
• and
• collecting and evaluating transmitted data in the server.

A cloud gateway embodied for executing a method for monitoring an automated facility, wherein a plurality of field devices are integrated in the facility, wherein the field devices generate data, including measurement data, control data, calibration and parametering data, diagnosis data, history data, and status data, and wherein the field devices are configured to communicate with one another and with at least one superordinate unit using a first communication network, wherein the method includes:

• ascertaining with the cloud gateway the field devices connected to the first communication network;
• testing whether device descriptions corresponding to the ascertained field devices are present in a server connected with the cloud gateway via a second communication network;
• downloading from the server via the second communication network device descriptions corresponding to the ascertained field devices and installing the device descriptions in the cloud gateway;
• receiving a configuration plan from the server, wherein the configuration plan defines at least one field device to be queried, data to be queried of the at least one field device, a frequency of the querying, and one or more points in time for the querying;
• querying data from the at least one field device with the cloud gateway according to the configuration plan located in the cloud gateway;
• and
• transmitting the queried data to the server by the cloud gateway.