Module and controller operation for industrial control systems
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1. An industrial automation system, comprising:
- a plurality of modules, comprising;
at least one equipment resource control module, comprising;
a common interface that includes one or more attributes and input/output capabilities that are standard among the plurality of modules; and
logic of a first platform that controls a state of at least one equipment resource in the industrial automation system;
at least one material resource control module, comprising;
the common interface that includes one or more attributes and input/output capabilities that are standard among the plurality of modules; and
logic of a second platform that controls at least one component in the industrial automation system that manages at least one material resource; and
at least one resource module that coordinates the at least one equipment resource control module and the at least one material resource control module, wherein the at least one material resource control module is subordinate to the at least one equipment resource control module; and
a controller that executes at least one of the plurality of modules to facilitate interactions between one or more components of the industrial automation system and at least one of the equipment resource or the material resource of the at least one of the plurality of modules via the common interface.
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Abstract
A controller and module for an industrial automation system is provided. A logical module employs resources and logic to expose functionality of the module while providing generic interfaces to external components of the module. A controller is operable with the logical module to provide interactions with components that are at, above, or below a layer associated with the controller.
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1. An industrial automation system, comprising:
a plurality of modules, comprising; at least one equipment resource control module, comprising; a common interface that includes one or more attributes and input/output capabilities that are standard among the plurality of modules; and logic of a first platform that controls a state of at least one equipment resource in the industrial automation system; at least one material resource control module, comprising; the common interface that includes one or more attributes and input/output capabilities that are standard among the plurality of modules; and logic of a second platform that controls at least one component in the industrial automation system that manages at least one material resource; and at least one resource module that coordinates the at least one equipment resource control module and the at least one material resource control module, wherein the at least one material resource control module is subordinate to the at least one equipment resource control module; and a controller that executes at least one of the plurality of modules to facilitate interactions between one or more components of the industrial automation system and at least one of the equipment resource or the material resource of the at least one of the plurality of modules via the common interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22)
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13. A method to facilitate module and controller interactions, comprising:
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identifying a resource that performs one or more actions in an industrial automation system from a plurality of resources to wrap in a first module, the plurality of resources includes at least one of a machine resource, a personnel resource, an equipment resource, a device resource, or a material resource in an industrial automation environment; defining logic to control the one or more actions performed by the resource, wherein the logic controls a state of the resource; determining at least one standard interface exposed by the first module independent of a platform of the logic; associating the at least one standard interface with at least a second module; deploying the first module, comprising binding the first module to at least one runtime process that utilizes a hierarchical common data model; and executing the first module on a controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A modular system for an industrial controller, comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory, the processor configured to; encapsulate at least one resource that performs one or more actions in an industrial automation system from a plurality of resources of an industrial automation environment in a first module, the at least one resource includes at least one of a machine resource, an equipment resource, or a material resource in the industrial automation environment; incorporate logic particular to the at least one resources, the controls the one or more actions performed by the resource; expose, by the first module, a standard interface independent a platform of the logic independent a platform of the logic; associating the at least one standard interface with at least a second module; deploying the first module, comprising binding the first module to at least one runtime process that utilizes a hierarchical common data model; and executing the first module on a controller.
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