INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVICE WITH EDITOR AND GRAPHICAL OBJECT MOBILE VISUALIZATION

• US 20150186119A1
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chouinard, Julien, Trang, Chan-Dara, Demers, Henri
• Application Number:
  US14/567,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0425 Safety, monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming

Abstract

A remote visualization editing and monitoring system facilitates development, management, and deployment of graphical web pages that can be stored on industrial devices (e.g., industrial controllers, drives, etc.) and remotely accessed by mobile devices using a web browser. The remote visualization editing and monitoring system can leverage web technologies to provide simple but powerful graphical web-based HMIs that can be accessed using a client device. The system allows a user to develop and deploy both web-based human-machine interfaces for monitoring of an industrial process, as well as web pages that render graphical representations of the control program executing on the industrial device.

Claims

1. A system for remote visualization of industrial device data, comprising:

a visualization page generation component configured to generate one or more web pages that display a graphical representation of an industrial control program and associated industrial device data; and

a communication component configured to download the one or more web pages to an industrial device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the visualization page generation component is further configured to perform an analysis on the industrial control program and convert the industrial control program to a graphical format based on a result of the analysis to yield the graphical representation.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the visualization page generation component is further configured to embed the graphical representation in the one or more web pages.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the visualization page generation component comprises a modular plug-in for a program development platform.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the graphical representation comprises at least one of a ladder logic diagram, a function block diagram, a sequential function chart, or a structured text representation.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more web services are configured to execute on the industrial device to facilitate delivery of the one or more web pages and the industrial device data to a remote device via at least one of a public network, a local network, or a near-field communication network.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the graphical representation comprises an interactive graphical representation that facilitates at least one of reading data from the industrial device, writing data to the industrial device, or debugging of the industrial control program via the remote device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more web pages are configured to control a state representation of at least one graphical element of the graphical representation based on industrial data generated by the industrial device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the web page is configured to be rendered on any of a remote desktop computer, a remote tablet computer, or a remote mobile phone.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the industrial device is one of an industrial controller, a motor drive, an I/O device, an industrial telemetry device, an industrial robot, or a vision system.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending comprises sending the one or more web pages to at least one of an industrial controller, a motor drive, an I/O device, an industrial telemetry device, an industrial robot, or a vision system.

11. A method for remotely visualizing an industrial control programming, comprising:

generating, by a system comprising at least one processor, one or more web pages configured to display a graphical representation of an industrial control program; and

sending, by the system, the one or more web pages to an industrial device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating comprises:

performing an analysis on the industrial control program;

converting the industrial control program to a graphical format based on a result of the analysis to yield the graphical representation; and

embedding the graphical representation in the one or more web pages.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating comprises generating the one or more web pages to render the graphical representation of the industrial control program as at least one of a ladder logic diagram, a function block diagram, a sequential function chart, or a structured text representation.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating comprises generating the one or more web pages to include at least one graphical object having an animated state controlled by a data item stored on the industrial device'"'"'s local memory.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the sending the one or more web pages comprises sending over at least one of a public network, a local network, or a near-field communication network.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the generating the one or more web pages comprises configuring the one or more web pages to render the graphical representation of the industrial control program as an interactive representation configured to receive editing input via the remote client device that facilitates editing of the industrial control program.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating comprises configuring the one or more web pages to be scalable based on the remote client device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

generating, based on analysis of an industrial control program, one or more web pages configured to display a graphical representation of the industrial control program; and

installing the one or more web pages on an industrial device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more web pages are configured to render, as the graphical representation, at least one of a ladder logic diagram, a function block diagram, a sequential function chart, or a structured text representation.