# US 2021/0240176 A1 · Systems and methods for automatic configuration of intelligent electronic devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240176 A1 - Document ID: US20210240176A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/780,524 - Filed: 2020-02-03 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Elmorris P. Dixon; David C. Mazur; Philip Muren; Douglas Francis McEldowney - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240176A1 ## CPC - G05B 19/0426: {Programming the control sequence} - G05B 23/0216: {Human interface functionality, e.g. monitoring system providing help to the user in the selection of tests or in its configuration} - G05B 19/4183: {characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification} - G05B 19/4185: {characterised by the network communication} - G05B 2219/31348: Gateway - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) ## Abstract A method includes receiving one or more data files that have one or more user-selected input parameters associated with one or more electrical devices in an industrial system, one or more output parameters associated with the electrical devices, one or more input/output parameter tags, a frequency or a condition associated with data transmission for each electrical device, or a combination thereof. The electrical devices may communicate via a first communication network based on the International Electrotechnical Commission 61850 standard, and the controller may communicate via a different communication network. The method also includes automatically programming the controller to control one or more operations of each electrical device based on the data files and transmitting the data files to a gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller along a backplane of a chassis system. The gateway device is automatically configured based on the one or more data files. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a controller configured to communicate via a first communication network in an industrial system; one or more electrical devices configured to communicate via a second communication network in the industrial system; one or more processors; and a memory, accessible by the one or more processors, storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: generate a graphical user interface that includes a set of input/output (I/O) parameters associated with each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices in the industrial system for display by a computing device; receive an indication of one or more user-selected I/O parameters of the set of I/O parameters associated with each electrical device; generate a first data file comprising one or more input parameters that may be transmitted to the one or more electrical devices from the controller, one or more output parameters that may transmitted to the controller from the one or more electrical devices, one or more I/O parameter tags, or a combination thereof, based on the indication of the one or more user-selected I/O parameters; generate a second data file comprising the one or more user-selected I/O parameters and a frequency or a condition associated with data transmission for each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices; and transmit the first data file and the second data file to the controller, wherein the controller is automatically configured to communicate with each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices based on at least the first data file after receiving the first data file and the second data file. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is automatically configured to read data associated with one or more output parameters from each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices and write data associated with one or more input parameters to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is automatically configured to control one or more operations of each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices based on the first data file. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the second data file to a gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured based on the second data file. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the controller and the gateway device communicate via a backplane of a chassis system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured to associate one or more connections of the gateway device with a first input parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices or a first output parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices based on the one or more user-selected I/O parameters in the second data file. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured to set a value associated with a data update rate of each connection of the one or more connections based on the frequency or the condition associated with data transmission for each electrical device in the second data file. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the gateway device is configured to transmit a configuration of the gateway device to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices via the second communication network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is automatically configured to store the one or more I/O parameter tags in a memory accessible by the controller. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second communication network is based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 standard. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: receiving, via a controller in an industrial system, one or more data files comprising one or more user-selected input parameters associated with one or more electrical devices in an industrial system, one or more output parameters associated with the one or more electrical devices, one or more input/output (I/O) parameter tags, a frequency or a condition associated with data transmission for each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more electrical devices are configured to communicate via a first communication network based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 standard and the controller is configured to communicate via a second communication network different than the first communication network; automatically programming the controller to control one or more operations of each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices based on the one or more data files; and transmitting, via the controller, the one or more data files to a gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller along a backplane of a chassis system, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the controller is automatically configured to read data associated with one or more output parameters from each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices and write data associated with one or more input parameters to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured to associate one or more connections of the gateway device with a particular input parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices or a particular output parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, comprising transmitting, via the gateway device, a configuration of the gateway device to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices via the first communication network. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: generating a graphical user interface that includes a set of input/output (I/O) parameters associated with one or more respective electrical devices in an industrial system for display by a computing device, wherein the one or more respective electrical devices are configured to communicate via a first communication network based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 standard; receiving an indication of one or more user-selected I/O parameters of the set of I/O parameters associated with the one or more respective electrical devices; generating one or more data files comprising one or more input parameters that may be transmitted to the one or more respective electrical devices from the controller, one or more output parameters that may transmitted to the controller from the one or more respective electrical devices, one or more I/O parameter tags, a frequency or a condition associated with data transmission for each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices, or a combination thereof, based on the indication of the one or more user-selected I/O parameters, wherein the controller is configured to communicate via a second communication network different from the first communication network; and transmitting the one or more data files to the controller, wherein the controller is automatically configured to control one or more operations of each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the controller is automatically configured to read data associated with one or more output parameters from each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices and write data associated with one or more input parameters to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise transmitting, via the controller, the one or more data files to a gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller along a backplane of a chassis system, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured to associate one or more connections of the gateway device with a particular input parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices or a particular output parameter associated with the one or more electrical devices based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the gateway device is automatically configured to set a value associated with a data update rate of each connection of the one or more connections based on the one or more data files. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations comprise transmitting, via the gateway device, a configuration of the gateway device to each electrical device of the one or more electrical devices via the first communication network.