Systems and methods of (remotely) controlling aspects of pools and spas and of modifying water contained therein are detailed. Internet-enabled access to pool and spa controllers may happen without any need for users to create firewall ports or utilize static internet protocol addresses. Certain networking devices may be configured using a USB connection or SD card, avoiding any requirement for an Ethernet cable or supplying separate power to the devices during configuration. Time-varying data may be obtained in respect of one or more installations and analyzed for various information.

A management device according to an aspect of the present invention transmits and receives information to and from a relay device that is able to communicate with a field device installed in a plant. The management device includes a storage unit including a first setting storage area configured to store first setting information that is setting information of the relay device and a second setting storage area configured to store second setting information that is setting information of the field device and a first setting management unit that writes the first setting information and the second setting information to the relay device.

In aspects, the present invention discloses a method of configuring a plurality of devices of a control system using a configuration server connected to a plurality of data repositories using an engineering data gateway. The method comprises retrieving a first data set from a first data repository from the plurality of data repositories, retrieving a second data set associated with the first data set from a second data repositories from the plurality of data repositories, identifying at least one functional dependencies among the first data set and the second data set, generating a plurality of engineering artifacts including a configuration file, and transmitting the configuration file to a corresponding device from the plurality of devices.

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a fault processing method comprising: receiving two historical faults similar to a target fault; searching keywords in a description of the target fault and each historical fault, wherein the keywords are classified into N grades, and for each system component in a grade, the grade comprises at least one keyword for describing the component, wherein N is an integer no less than 2; for each of the N grades, counting a quantity of identical system components represented by the keywords in the text description of each historical fault and the target fault; and comparing a degree of similarity of each historical fault to the target fault according to the quantity of identical system components counted in each grade of the N different grades, wherein a historical fault relating to a larger number of high-grade identical system components has a higher degree of similarity to the target fault.

A system, a cloud platform, a device and a method are for configuring edge devices. The system includes one or more edge devices generating corresponding one or more field data; a controller connected to one or more edge devices to acquire one or more field data; and a cloud platform connected to the controller to configure one or more edge devices. The cloud platform includes a cloud platform receiving module receiving one or more field data from the controller; an asset database including one or more templates corresponding to the configuration data of one or more edge devices; and a configuration module configuring one or more edge devices according to one or more field data and the corresponding templates. A specific protocol is used, in at least one embodiment, to packetize the field data generated by edge devices and utilizes the corresponding templates and field data to configure edge devices.

A method is provided of configuring a field device for monitoring and/or controlling an operation(s) of a process or plant. The method includes conducting web-based communication between a networked computer device and the field device over an Ethernet-APL to allow the networked computer device to access and interact with a web page(s) or program(s) that is hosted on a web server running on the field device. The method also includes configuring at the field device an operation parameter(s) and/or setting(s) of the field device based on user input received across the Ethernet-APL by the field device from user interaction with the web page(s) or program(s) through the networked computer device.

A plant device management system, which is configured to efficiently manage parameter information for field devices, in order for plant engineering, operation and maintenance is disclosed. The plant device management system includes, but is not limited to, a device parameter set manager, which is configured for creating class parameter set, configuring class parameter set, assigning class parameter set, auditing parameters and so forth. The device parameter set manager of the plant device management system may include, but is not limited to, a device parameter set creator tool, a device parameter set configuring tool, a device template manager and a device parameter auditor.

A method for operating a specific field device from a first group and a second group of field devices, wherein the first group exchanges data in an IP-based network, and the second group communicates at least via a non-IP-based connection, the method includes the following: transmitting multicast messages having an item of connection information via at least one portion of the field devices of the first group; integrating the operator device into the IP-based network; initiating a connection establishment with a field device of the second group; receiving the transmitted multicast messages by the operator unit so that the connection information is made available to the operator unit; generating a list of all field devices of the first group and the second group; selecting the specific field device using generated list; initiating a specific connection establishment with the specific selected field device; and operating of the specific selected field device with the mobile operator unit.

A system for controlling a remote electronics system includes a configuration device, a venue device, a user device, and a storage device storing configuration information relating to each piece of equipment included in a list of equipment. The configuration device performs a series of steps, including: accepting from the venue device, at least one piece of venue equipment from the list of equipment; accessing the configuration information relating to the at least one piece of venue equipment; accepting from the user device at least one generalized instruction (agnostic as to which equipment was selected) for a piece of equipment; creating at least one instruction specific from the at least one generalized instruction based on the configuration information; and transmitting the at least one specific instruction to the venue device. The venue device then uses same to control the at least one piece of venue equipment.

Systems and methods of (remotely) controlling aspects of pools and spas and of modifying water contained therein are detailed. Internet-enabled access to pool and spa controllers may happen without any need for users to create firewall ports or utilize static internet protocol addresses. Certain networking devices may be configured using a USB connection or SD card, avoiding any requirement for an Ethernet cable or supplying separate power to the devices during configuration. Time-varying data may be obtained in respect of one or more installations and analyzed for various information.