HISTORIAN MODULE FOR USE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONTROLLER
First Claim
1. An industrial automation historian module, comprising:
- a module having at least one communications port coupled with a storage medium for collecting historical data from a controller; and
a backplane component within the module to automatically discover one or more tags within the controller.
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Abstract
A distributed historian framework is provided where historical data is collected in accordance with an organizational model of a hierarchical system that is distributed across various elements of an enterprise. A directory service operates with the organizational model to enable configuration of historian components within the organization and to enable data to be located within the organization. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes at least one historian component to archive data within an organization. A common data model then exposes functionality and data of the organization to the historian component.
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20 Claims
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1. An industrial automation historian module, comprising:
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a module having at least one communications port coupled with a storage medium for collecting historical data from a controller; and
a backplane component within the module to automatically discover one or more tags within the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An industrial automation controller, comprising:
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a chassis having slots adapted to receive modules;
a processor;
a network in communication with the processor; and
a historian module removably connected in a slot of the chassis;
the historian module having a storage medium in communication with the network to collect historical data from the processor, the historian module adapted to automatically discover data structures associated with the controller. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A communications method for a programmable controller backplane, comprising:
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adapting a historian module to communicate over a controller chassis;
storing data on the historian module collected from the controller chassis; and
collecting tag data from an industrial controller via the chassis. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A rack mounted historian module, comprising:
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means for communicating across a controller backplane;
means for storing historian data on the controller backplane; and
means for generating tags on the controller backplane.
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