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US 7,680,550 B2Granted
Unit module state processing enhancements
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsN. Andrew Weatherhead, Mark K. Carmount
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Abstract
A system is provided to facilitate state processing in an industrial control environment. The system includes a unit module to process components in an industrial control facility. A status component associated with the unit module provides present state information for the components.
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A system to facilitate state processing in an industrial control environment, comprising:
- a unit module to process a present state of at least one unit in an industrial control facility, wherein the unit module at least one of sends commands or receives status information from the at least one unit;
- a status component associated with the unit module to receive and process status information to determine at least one predefined present state for the at least one unit;
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- a communication component associated with the unit module to output the at least one pre-defined present state of the at least one unit to at least one of a controller or a subordinate module.
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A method to use status processing in an industrial control process, comprising:
- defining one or more present state conditions for a unit;
- reading the present state conditions within a unit module;
- analyzing the present state conditions;
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- synchronizing other control processes in view of the present state conditions.
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A unit module control system, comprising:
- means for controlling a unit module;
- means for generating status for the unit module;
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- means for analyzing the status within the unit module where the status is employed to determine present conditions of at least one unit.
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A system that facilitates state processing in an industrial control environment, comprising:
- a processor
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the state processing system including:
- a unit module component to analyze one or more predefined present conditions of a unit;
- a status component to store the present conditions of the unit;
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- a control component to initiate future actions based upon the present conditions of the unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.