Systems and Methods to Track Sources of Data Value Modifications in Industrial Devices Within Industrial Systems

A system for tracking data value changes within an industrial system, the system comprising:

• an industrial controller to:
• detect execution of a data value write operation at the industrial controller;
• generate a data packet corresponding to the data value write operation, the data packet to include source information that indicates a source of the data value write operation;
• and
• transmit the data packet to a remove device, the remote device to facilitate diagnostics of the industrial system based on the data packet.

A method for tracking data changes at an industrial controller of an industrial system, the method comprising:

• detecting, with the industrial controller, an event, wherein the event is a data value write operation at the industrial controller;
• determining, with the industrial controller, information related to execution of the data value write operation at the industrial controller, the information to include source information indicating a source of the data value write operation;
• generating, with the industrial controller, a data packet related to execution of the data value write operation at the industrial controller, the data packet to include the information related to execution of the data value write operation;
• and
• transmitting, with the industrial controller, the data packet to a remove device, the remote device to facilitate diagnostics of the industrial system based on the data packet.