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System and methodology providing network data exchange between industrial control components

  • US 7,330,473 B1
  • Filed: 09/04/2002
  • Issued: 02/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An industrial control system, comprising:

  • a data exchange module operative in a local network environment and a remote network environment;

    a first mapping component associated with the data exchange module to facilitate communications with devices associated with a controller in the local network environment in accordance with a first protocol;

    a second mapping component associated with the data exchange module to facilitate communications between devices associated with the controller in the local network environment and the devices associated with the controller in remote network environment in accordance with at least one of the first protocol and a second protocol such that communication with the controller is mitigated; and

    an offline file employed by the first and second mapping components to automatically reconfigure a replacement data exchange module, the offline file describes at least one of operating parameters and mapping configurations associated with the data exchange module.

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