SERVICES FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
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1. A message component for an industrial automation system, comprising:
- a service component that is employed to locate functionality of applications associated with a control system message bus; and
an operations component to exchange messages with the message bus, the service component and the operations component form an external view to facilitate communications between the applications.
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Abstract
A message component for an industrial automation system is provided. This includes a service component that is employed to locate functionality of applications associated with a control system message bus. An operations component exchanges messages with the message bus, where the service component and the operations component form an external view to facilitate communications between the applications.
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1. A message component for an industrial automation system, comprising:
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a service component that is employed to locate functionality of applications associated with a control system message bus; and an operations component to exchange messages with the message bus, the service component and the operations component form an external view to facilitate communications between the applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium having a data structure stored thereon to facilitate communications in an industrial automation environment, comprising:
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a first data field to specify operations to communicate with a message bus; a second data field to specify services that employ the operations to communicate with the message bus; and a third data field that is employed to generate an external view of an application based in part operations and the services. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method to couple industrial control components, comprising:
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defining one or more interfaces for at least one module; defining at least one service to publish functionality associated with the module; and generating a user interface to provide a view of the published functionality. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A messaging system for an industrial control environment, comprising:
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means for interfacing to a control system bus; and means for locating application functionality for the control systems bus. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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