Symbolic access of industrial device systems and methods based on an off-premise gateway device

A system comprising:

• an industrial automation device disposed in an on-premise computing domain, wherein the industrial automation device is associated with a plurality of symbol object instances, wherein each of the plurality of symbol object instances is categorized with respect to a plurality of categories comprising an identity of the industrial automation device, a state of the industrial automation device, a runtime status of the industrial automation device, maintenance status associated with the industrial automation device, sustainability information of the industrial automation device, or any combination thereof;
• and
• an off-premise gateway device disposed on an edge of the on-premise computing domain and configured to communicate with a requesting device disposed in an off-premise computing domain, wherein the off-premise gateway device is configured to:
• receive a request to access data associated with the industrial automation device from the requesting device;
• identify the industrial automation device based on the request;
• send a query for template data to the industrial automation device based on the request, wherein a first template object instance is configured to characterize the template data stored in a memory component accessible to the industrial automation device, and wherein the template data comprises one or more instantaneous values associated with one or more of the plurality of categories;
• receive the template data;
• determine a data structure based on the requesting device;
• generate the data structure based on the template data and a mapping between the data structure and the template data, wherein the mapping is configured to describe a first information model associated with the requesting device;
• and
• send the data structure to the requesting device.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes a control system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request to access data associated with an industrial automation device from a requesting device;
• identifying the industrial automation device based on the request;
• sending a query for template data to the industrial automation device based on the request, wherein the industrial automation device is associated with a plurality of symbol object instances, wherein a first template object instance is configured to characterize the template data stored in a memory component accessible to the industrial automation device, and wherein each of the plurality of symbol object instances is categorized with respect to a plurality of categories comprising an identity of the industrial automation device, a state of the industrial automation device, a runtime status of the industrial automation device, maintenance status associated with the industrial automation device, sustainability information of the industrial automation device, or any combination thereof, and wherein the template data comprises one or more instantaneous values associated with one or more of the plurality of categories;
• receiving the template data;
• determining a data structure based on the requesting device;
• generating the data structure based on the template data and a mapping between the data structure and the template data, wherein the mapping is configured to describe a first information model associated with the requesting device;
• and
• sending the data structure to the requesting device.