In a master device (control device) that employs a configuration list, setup change is performed easily without requiring a complicated operation with respect to a partial change in the configuration of a slave-side system on a slave side. A control unit (11) of a control device (10) is configured to perform communication for inquiring about device information to an address in an active configuration list through a communication unit (12), and determine to be abnormal when the result of the communication with respect to a common portion of a slave-side system (20) is different from the device information in the active configuration list.

A program creation support device including a control unit internally having a first memory and controlling the programmable logic controller having a refresh function and a network unit internally having a second memory and acquiring data from a device to be controlled and storing the data in the second memory. The support device includes: a program extraction unit extracting a description indicating access to the second memory from a pre-conversion sequence program before being converted into a format understandable by the programmable logic controller; a storage unit storing memory allocation setting information indicating a relationship between a specific region of the first memory and a specific region of the second memory; and a program replacement unit replacing a description indicating access to the second memory in the pre-conversion sequence program with a description indicating access to the first memory based on the memory allocation setting information.

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a safety control system having a processor that (1) automatically interrogates a portable data storage device, (2) determines whether a configuration profile of the safety control system matches a stored configuration profile in the portable data storage device, (3) obtains network settings of the safety control system, and (4) stores network settings into the portable data storage device. In an illustrative example, a safety control system may include a processor designed to perform operations to configure the safety control system with a configuration profile stored in the portable data storage device or download network settings of the safety control system to the portable data storage device under some predetermined conditions. By using the above method, the safety control system may be quickly configured, and network settings may be easily obtained and backed up.

A settings information generation device, for reducing the number of settings steps pertaining to a device in a superordinate device that communicates with a slave device to which the device is connected, includes: a selection unit for accepting a selection of a device to be connected; an acquisition unit for acquiring operational settings information including the input/output data length of the selected device; and a generation unit for generating, on the basis of the operational settings information, superordinate device settings information for setting a storage region for storing data exchanged with the device by a controller via a device management unit.

A control system including a controller system and a support device is provided. The controller system controls a control target. The support device supports setting of the controller system. The support device includes a system-configuration input part, a threat analysis database, a threat-scenario creating part, a countermeasure database, a countermeasure creating part, and a security setting part. The countermeasure creating part creates a countermeasure scenario containing a countermeasure for each of protected assets of the controller system according to a threat scenario and countermeasures of the countermeasure database.

An improved flow rate metering device that provides for the mixing and dispensing of two or more fluids to form final mixture, for example, for automatic washing of cars and trucks. More specifically, the invention is a system that mixes and ejects chemicals, creating a very precise mixture of one or more chemicals with a dilutant, such as water. The device also has the capability of monitoring an entire chemical dilution and release system, comprising multiple chemicals, and using software to document past and current usage rates, along with predicting future usage rates based upon both past usage rates and environmental conditions.

A process for integrating an industrial automation system with an Internet of Things (IoT) system may include providing access to a cloud-based platform, the cloud-based platform having a user interface. The user interface provides for easily displaying and changing configuration parameters describing a gateway module, a data acquisition module, and a sensor data channel associated with an industrial automation system wherein the data acquisition module can collect and process data from the sensor data channel and communicate that sensor data and any related processed information to a gateway module. The gateway module may also communicate configuration information to the data acquisition module and sensor data channel. The process may use the cloud-based platform to generate a memory map of the IoT system which can be used by a PLC or similar device of the industrial automation system to configure the IoT system and display data collected from the IoT system.

A process for integrating an industrial automation system with an Internet of Things (IoT) system may include providing access to a cloud-based platform, the cloud-based platform having a user interface. The user interface provides for easily displaying and changing configuration parameters describing a gateway module, a data acquisition module, and a sensor data channel associated with an industrial automation system wherein the data acquisition module can collect and process data from the sensor data channel and communicate that sensor data and any related processed information to a gateway module. The gateway module may also communicate configuration information to the data acquisition module and sensor data channel. The process may use the cloud-based platform to generate a memory map of the IoT system which can be used by a PLC or similar device of the industrial automation system to configure the IoT system and display data collected from the IoT system.

An improved flow rate metering device that provides for the mixing and dispensing of two or more fluids to form final mixture, for example, for automatic washing of cars and trucks. More specifically, the invention is a system that mixes and ejects chemicals, creating a very precise mixture of one or more chemicals with a dilutant, such as water. The device also has the capability of monitoring an entire chemical dilution and release system, comprising multiple chemicals, and using software to document past and current usage rates, along with predicting future usage rates based upon both past usage rates and environmental conditions.

A method serves to control an industrial plant comprising a programmable logic controller. In the method, the programmable logic controller establishes a connection with a cloud server, the programmable logic controller executes a software module that causes the creation and/or configuration of a virtual machine on the cloud server, the software module receives and stores an access token, the programmable logic controller uses the access token to access the virtual machine and the programmable logic controller cooperates with the virtual machine to transmit process data to the virtual machine and/or to support the control of the industrial plant.