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Method and system for management and control of an automation control module

  • US 7,536,475 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2002
  • Issued: 05/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automation control module (ACM) comprising:

  • an ACM central processing unit (CPU) configured to carry out ACM functions including at least one of user logic and function block executions, input/output (I/O) scanning, and communications with other devices;

    a system memory coupled to said ACM CPU, said system memory comprising an operating system;

    a backplane configured to couple at least one I/O module to said ACM;

    said ACM and said backplane are electronically coupled to a backplane interface; and

    a SOAP/XML and web server system electrically coupled to said backplane and said ACM CPU, and configured to process simple object access protocol (SOAP)/extensible markup language (XML) requests from a network, said SOAP/XML and web server system are embedded within said ACM and comprising a SOAP/XML server including an independent processor.

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