An industrial control system may receive processing information from at least two control systems associated with at least two components within an industrial automation system. The processing information may include a processing load value for each of the at least two control systems. The industrial control system may then distribute processing loads associated with the at least two control systems when a total processing load between the at least two control systems is unbalanced.

A device setting apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data transmission processor configured to automatically and collectively acquire information used in at least one another device setting apparatus as other-device information from an external storage and an other-device information storage storing the other-device information. The external storage is communicatively connectable to the device setting apparatus via a network.

A plant control device of the present invention includes a register configured to register a simulated dangerous condition which is a simulated representation of an operation condition under which a plant is dangerous, a first acquirer configured to acquire an operation condition of the plant, a learner configured to learn the operation condition acquired and the simulated dangerous condition registered and produce an operation model of the plant, a determiner configured to determine an operation parameter of the plant on the basis of the operation condition acquired and the operation model produced, and an instructor configured to instruct an operation of the plant on the basis of the operation parameter determined.

An embedded system may distribute, e.g. at the point of coupling to a main power grid, information corresponding to one or more operational parameters (e.g. phase angle, frequency, amplitude, etc.) of a power delivery device to other power delivery devices, using a deterministic communication link. Updates of some or all of the information may be transmitted at future or past points in time, for example at defined time intervals. Time synchronization methods, e.g. a locked instantaneous interpolation mechanism may be used to create a coordinated time, shared among all power delivery devices. Various operating parameter mismatches, e.g. a phase mismatch between power delivery devices delivering power to the power grid, may thereby be reduced to less than a specified, negligible value. This creates tight time synchronization between the power delivery devices and allows them to interoperate in a manner that stabilizes rather than destabilizes the power grid.

A method for processing operating data (e.g., position, setpoint, and pressure) for a valve assembly. The method is configured to associate characteristics of operation for the valve assembly with a root cause and/or a contributing factor. In one embodiment, the method can assign a first amplitude with a value that quantifies movement or jump of the valve stem that results from stick-slip on the valve assembly. The method can also assign a second amplitude with a value that quantifies a change in the data for the setpoint. The method can further ascertain the relationship or position of the first amplitude relative to the second amplitude, or vice versa. The method can use the relationship between the first amplitude and the second amplitude to indicate the root cause of the operation of the valve assembly.

A method includes transmitting, over a virtual private network (VPN) to a remotely-located control platform, a request for first information associated with a BOOTP protocol synchronization process. The method also includes receiving, from the control platform, a first response comprising the requested first information. The method further includes receiving, over a local network from an embedded device in a distributed control system, a request for second information associated with the BOOTP protocol. In addition, the method includes transmitting, to the embedded device, a second response comprising the requested second information.

Disclosed is a smart factory platform for processing data obtained in a continuous process including a first process and a second process following the first process. The smart factory platform includes a distributed parallel processing system including at least one processing unit that generates mapping data by mapping a process identification (ID) to collection data collected from the continuous process and sorts the mapping data to generate sorting data, the process ID defining a process where the collection data occurs and the sorting data being generated for association processing between pieces of collection data collected from different processes; and a big data analysis system storing the sorting data with respect to the process ID.

The invention relates to a method for handling faults in a central control device, wherein the control device comprises a distributed computer system (100), to which distributed computer system (100) sensors (112, 113, 122, 123) are connected or can be connected, wherein the distributed computer system (100), particularly all the components of the computer system, is distributed to a first fault containment unit FCU1 (101) and a second fault containment unit FCU2 (102), wherein FCU1 (101) and FCU2 (102) are each supplied with power via a separate, independent power supply, and wherein FCU1 (101) and FCU2 (102) interchange data solely via galvanically separated lines, and wherein some of the sensors are connected at least to FCU1 (101) and the remainder of the sensors are connected at least to FCU2 (102), and wherein FCU1 (101) and FCU2 (102) are connected to a redundantly designed communication system (131, 132) having one or more actuators, so that, if FCU1 fails, FCU2 will maintain a limited functionality using the sensors assigned to FCU2, and if FCU2 fails, FCU1 will maintain a limited functionality using the sensors assigned to FCU1.

An arrangement for controlling and/or monitoring at least one subsea device may include: a first level node communicatively, in particular electrically and/or fiberoptically connectable to an equipment above a sea surface of a sea; at least one second level node communicatively, e.g., electrically and/or fiberoptically connected to the first level node and electrically connectable to the at least one subsea device, wherein the first level node and the at least one second level node are arrangeable at a sea bottom of the sea. A corresponding method is also disclosed.

A data acquisition system includes a terminal device and a plurality of data acquisition apparatuses located at multiple layers and communicating with the terminal device. Each of the plurality of data acquisition apparatuses includes a control unit, a data obtaining unit, a data transmission unit, and a detection unit. The data obtaining unit is electronically coupled to the control unit and directed by the control unit to obtain data from articles. The data transmission unit is electronically coupled to the terminal device, and the plurality of data acquisition apparatuses are interconnected via the data transmission unit to send the data to the terminal device. The detection unit detects whether the plurality of data acquisition apparatuses cooperatively form a communication loop, and outputs an indication signal if the communication loop is formed among the plurality of data acquisition apparatuses.