Provided is a method for controlling at least one of a container treatment machine and a beverage treatment machine, wherein the treatment machine treats at least one of containers and beverages using predeterminable parameters, wherein at least one control device controls the treatment machine at least temporarily taking into account the parameters, and wherein these parameters are input at least temporarily by an input device, and wherein, by an information output device, information is output at least temporarily to a user, the information being characteristic of a status of at least one of the machine and of data input by the user. According to embodiments of the invention, the information is at least partially output in image form.

A switching arrangement for monitoring AC signals includes: one or a plurality of comparators, to which an AC signal to be monitored or a signal obtained therefrom is feedable in each case at a first comparison input, for comparison with a defined amplitude threshold value present at a second comparison input, so as to generate a first output signal at an output; a zero crossing detector, to which a reference signal or a signal obtained therefrom is feedable at a monitoring input, so as to generate a second output signal at an output of the zero crossing detector; a first timing element downstream of the zero crossing detector configured to generate a first clock signal as a function of the second output signal; and a second timing element downstream of the zero crossing detector configured to generate a second clock signal as a function of the second output signal.

A switching arrangement for monitoring AC signals includes: one or a plurality of comparators, to which an AC signal to be monitored or a signal obtained therefrom is feedable in each case at a first comparison input, for comparison with a defined amplitude threshold value present at a second comparison input, so as to generate a first output signal at an output; a zero crossing detector, to which a reference signal or a signal obtained therefrom is feedable at a monitoring input, so as to generate a second output signal at an output of the zero crossing detector; a first timing element downstream of the zero crossing detector configured to generate a first clock signal as a function of the second output signal; and a second timing element downstream of the zero crossing detector configured to generate a second clock signal as a function of the second output signal.

The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating object-based industrial automation control. An automation control library comprised of a plurality of objects may be maintained in association with one or more industrial automation applications. Code defining the execution of an industrial automation process may be received. A plurality of objects in the object library for implementing the industrial automation control process may be identified. The plurality of identified objects may be matched to one or more hardware components based on one or more operational requirements included in the code, and available hardware resources for performing the automation control process.

The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating object-based industrial automation control. An automation control library comprised of a plurality of objects may be maintained in association with one or more industrial automation applications. Code defining the execution of an industrial automation process may be received. A plurality of objects in the object library for implementing the industrial automation control process may be identified. The plurality of identified objects may be matched to one or more hardware components based on one or more operational requirements included in the code, and available hardware resources for performing the automation control process.

A sensor hub may be used to address complex cabling issues. Such sensor hub may include at least one sensor communication device designed to receive sensor signals from at least two sensors and/or to output signals to the at least two sensors; a computer device communicatively connected to the at least one sensor communication device and designed to generate sensor data using the sensor signals; and a transmitting device designed to transmit the sensor data to a user device via a single communications medium. The sensor data indicate addresses which are each assigned to one of the at least two sensors.

This control system comprises controllers and slave devices. A control network is formed by connecting the slave devices between the controllers over communication cables. The controller generates and manages control frames for communication through the control network. The controller receives and copies the control frames, and perform loopback communication of the control frames to the controller of the control network. The controller stores the copied the control frames, or transmits the copied control frames to a database device connected by an information communication network.

This information processing device is provided with an editing unit and a storage unit. The editing unit performs editing on one or more controller data sets that contain control programs to be executed on a control device. The storage unit stores a sharing setting table indicative of sharing settings of the control programs included in the respective controller data sets. When the control program for a first controller data set and the control program for a second controller data set that are included in the plurality of controller data sets are set to be shared, the editing unit synchronizes the edited content for the control program for the first controller data set with the control program for the second controller data set.

This information processing device is provided with an editing unit and a storage unit. The editing unit performs editing on one or more controller data sets that contain control programs to be executed on a control device. The storage unit stores a sharing setting table indicative of sharing settings of the control programs included in the respective controller data sets. When the control program for a first controller data set and the control program for a second controller data set that are included in the plurality of controller data sets are set to be shared, the editing unit synchronizes the edited content for the control program for the first controller data set with the control program for the second controller data set.

A threat detection system for industrial controllers, comprising: at least one Programmable Logic Controller (PLC); at least one physical device connected with the PLC; a Deterministic Fictitious Programmable Logic Controller (DFPLC) deterministically programmed to respond with at least one predetermined signal to at least one input signal received; and a monitoring unit connected with the DFPLC; the DFPLC disguised as a PLC; and the monitoring unit configured to send at least one input signal to the DFPLC, receive at least one response from the DFPLC and communicate at least one alert upon the at least one response being other than an expected response according to the deterministic programming of the DFPLC.