Application for builder for industrial automation

• US 9,858,044 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2015
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Canada Ltd. (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Canada Ltd. (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chouinard, Julien, Brunet, Gilles, Lavallee, Denis, Trang, Chan-Dara, Laliberte, Jean-Francois, Darveau, Frdric, Larouche, Olivier
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Mongbao
• Application Number:
  US14/734,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20150268937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3648 using additional hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

defining, by a system including a processor, an abstract model configured to support a plurality of industrial automation protocols and that comprises;

an abstract automation model comprising abstract data objects of a common programming language, where the abstract data objects are employable for developing an industrial control system application according to the common programming language,

a plurality of concrete automation models that respectively map the abstract data objects to corresponding data objects of distinct programming languages of project types associated with the concrete automation models, wherein the distinct programming languages are different from the common programming language;

an abstract service configured to unify communications error messages from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in an exception pattern according to the abstract model; and

a framework component configured with a plurality of loggers to log events from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in a hierarchical log corresponding to a hierarchy of associated industrial automation components; and

generating, by the system, a shell component that employs the abstract model to provide one or more services or views for development of the industrial control system application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the distinct programming languages comprise a plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the shell component further comprises:

an isolated mode that configures the one or more services or views for use with a single industrial automation programming language of the plurality of industrial automation programming languages; and

an integrated mode function that configures the one or more services or views for use with the plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

4. The method of claim 1, delegating, by the system, event notifications to a debug engine.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the distinct industrial automation programming languages are at least one of IEC 61131 compliant or IEC61499 compliant.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations, comprising:

creating an abstract model configured to support a plurality of industrial automation protocols and that comprises;

an abstract automation model comprising abstract structures of a common programming language, where the abstract structures are employable for developing an control system application according to the common programming language,

a plurality of concrete automation models that respectively map the abstract data objects to corresponding data objects of distinct programming languages of project formats associated with the concrete automation models, wherein the distinct programming languages are different from the common programming language;

an abstract service configured to unify communications error messages from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in an exception pattern according to the abstract model; and

a framework component configured with a plurality of loggers to log events from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in a hierarchical log corresponding to a hierarchy of associated industrial automation components; and

generating a shell component that employs an abstract model to provide one or more services or views for development of a control system application.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the distinct programming languages comprise a plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the shell component further comprises:

an isolated mode that configures the one or more services or views for use with a single industrial automation programming language of the plurality of industrial automation programming languages; and

an integrated mode function that configures the one or more services or views for use with the plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, delegating event notifications to a debug engine.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the distinct industrial automation programming languages are at least one of IEC 61131 compliant or IEC61499 compliant.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising;

a shell component configured to employ an abstract model to provide one or more services or views for development of an industrial control system program, wherein the abstract model is configured to support a plurality of industrial automation protocols and comprises;

an abstract automation model comprising abstract data structures of a common programming language, where the abstract data structures are employed for developing the industrial control system program according to the common programming language;

a plurality of concrete automation models that respectively map the abstract data structures to corresponding data structures of respective distinct programming languages of project formats associated with the concrete automation models, wherein the distinct programming languages are different from the common programming language;

an abstract service configured to unify communications error messages from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in an exception pattern according to the abstract model; and

a framework component configured with a plurality of loggers to log events from the plurality of industrial automation protocols in a hierarchical log corresponding to a hierarchy of associated industrial automation components.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the distinct programming languages comprise a plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the shell component further comprises:

an isolated mode that configures the one or more services or views for use with a single industrial automation programming language of the plurality of industrial automation programming languages; and

an integrated mode function that configures the one or more services or views for use with the plurality of industrial automation programming languages.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising a debugging component that delegates event notifications to a debug engine.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the distinct industrial automation programming languages are at least one of IEC 61131 compliant or IEC61499 compliant.