Method and system for management and control of an automation control module
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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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Abstract
An automation control module (ACM) is provided that includes an ACM central processing unit (CPU), a backplane and a SOAP/XML and web server system electrically coupled to the backplane and to the ACM CPU. The SOAP/XML and web server system is embedded within the automation control module (ACM) and is configured to process simple object access protocol (SOAP)/extensible markup language (XML) requests from a network.
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28 Claims
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1. An automation control module (ACM) comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An automation control module (ACM) system comprising:
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a network; a computer electrically coupled to said network and configured to communicate with said network; and an ACM coupled to said network, said ACM comprising; a backplane configured to couple said ACM to at least one input/output (I/O) module; said ACM and said backplane are electronically coupled to a backplane interface; an ACM central processing unit (CPU) configured to carry out ACM functions including at least one of user logic and function block executions, I/O scanning, and communications with other devices; a system memory coupled to said ACM CPU, said system memory comprising an operating system; and a SOAP/XML and web server subsystem system electrically coupled to said backplane and said network and comprising a SOAP/XML server including an independent processor, said subsystem system configured to process simple object access protocol (SOAP)/extensible markup language (XML) requests received from said computer through said network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for management and control of an automation control module (ACM) including an ACM central processing unit (CPU), a system memory coupled to the ACM CPU, the system memory including an operating system, a backplane, at least one input/output (I/O) module coupled to the backplane, and a SOAP/XML and web server system embedded within the ACM, the SOAP/XML and web server system electrically coupled to a network and comprising a SOAP/XML server including an independent processor, said method comprising:
- embedding the SOAP/XML and web server system within the ACM;
electrically connecting the SOAP/XML and web server system embedded within the ACM to the backplane and the ACM CPU; and
processing simple object access protocol (SOAP)/extensible markup language (XML) requests from the network using the SOAP/XML and web server system. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
- embedding the SOAP/XML and web server system within the ACM;
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