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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGeorge Lo, Ronald Lange, Jürgen Schmoll
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A method and system for communicating and controlling remotely devices in an automated facility exchanges electronic messages (“E-mails”) between a server that controls the devices and an operator having a client device that has E-mail capabilities. An automation controller overseeing devices and stations within the facility is configured to send and receive over a network, such as the Internet, E-mail messages containing instructions and information. Accordingly, an operator may be alerted to alarm information, fault codes, and other operational parameters via E-mail, and after correcting the fault code or other problem, the operator may send an E-mail message to the automation controller that the situation has been corrected. The operator may also send and receive other information to and from the devices within the facility. Thus, not only human-to-machine and machine-to-human E-mail communication is facilitated, but also machine-to-machine communications via E-mail.
A system for establishing bi-directional communication between an operator and an automated facility, the system comprising:
A rule-based method for remotely controlling the operations of devices in an automated facility comprising a field device interfaced with an automation controller that is configured to send and receive E-mail, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for enabling an operator to communicate with an automated facility comprising an automation controller in communication with a field device, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for remotely monitoring and controlling a portion of an automated facility comprising an automation controller and a plurality of field devices supervised by the controller and at least one operator for the facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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