Adaptive industrial ethernet
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1. A switch, comprising:
- an interface device configured to communicate with a first equipment, the communication comprising receipt of a first sensor data from the first equipment, the first equipment being part of a control group that includes a plurality of equipment, and the first sensor data being indicative of an industrial environment in which the control group is operable;
a memory device configured to store a physical location associated with the first equipment and the plurality of equipment; and
circuitry configured todetect a failure status of the first equipment;
detect, in response to detection of the failure status of the first equipment, a second equipment in a vicinity of the first physical location;
command the second equipment to be part of the control group, to collect second sensor data and to transmit the second sensor data to the circuitry; and
use the second sensor data in place of the first sensor data to control operation within the control group.
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Abstract
A system may include equipment divided into control groups. Each control group may be assigned a supervisor node. A server computer may communicate with the equipment in a control group via the supervisor node associated with that control group. The server computer may store a profile of the equipment. The profile may contain physical locations of the equipment, settings of the equipment, components of the control groups, and the association of supervisor nodes with the control groups. A display unit may display the profile of the plurality of the equipment as an overlay of the physical locations of the plurality of equipment on a map.
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1. A switch, comprising:
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an interface device configured to communicate with a first equipment, the communication comprising receipt of a first sensor data from the first equipment, the first equipment being part of a control group that includes a plurality of equipment, and the first sensor data being indicative of an industrial environment in which the control group is operable; a memory device configured to store a physical location associated with the first equipment and the plurality of equipment; and circuitry configured to detect a failure status of the first equipment; detect, in response to detection of the failure status of the first equipment, a second equipment in a vicinity of the first physical location; command the second equipment to be part of the control group, to collect second sensor data and to transmit the second sensor data to the circuitry; and use the second sensor data in place of the first sensor data to control operation within the control group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of equipment divided into a control group, the control group comprising a first equipment; a supervisor node associated with the control group, the supervisor node being a second equipment among the plurality of equipment; and a server computer including a memory device and circuitry configured to communicate with the plurality of equipment via the supervisor node; store a profile of the plurality of equipment, the profile comprising a physical location of the equipment, settings of the equipment, components of the control group, and the association of the supervisor node with the control group; detect a failure status of the first equipment; determine, in response to detection of the failure status of the first equipment, whether a third equipment of the plurality of equipment is in a vicinity of a physical location of the first equipment; and display, on a display, the profile of the plurality of the equipment as an overlay of the physical location of the plurality of equipment on a map. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A product, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine readable medium; and instructions stored on the medium that when executed causes a system to; communicate instructions from a server computer to a plurality of equipment associated in a control group, the plurality of equipment associated in the control group, and the plurality of equipment comprising a plurality of electronic devices, a control device and a plurality of sensors; communicate data from the plurality of equipment to the server computer via the control device; determine a latency associated with communication between each equipment of the plurality of equipment; store a spanning tree entry for the plurality of equipment in the control group; detect a failure status of a first equipment of the equipment associated in the control group; determine, in response to detection of the failure status of the first equipment, whether a second equipment is in a vicinity of a physical location of the first equipment; and command the second equipment to be part of the control group and to collect sensor data, wherein the spanning tree entry for the equipment comprises the latency associated with communication between the plurality of equipment within the control group. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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