A method of automatically determining interconnections between control and instrumentation (C&I) systems within an industrial facility (IF). A data collection system including a data collection algorithm that provides a data collection block and a data agents block is coupled to the IF which has C&I systems collectively utilizing different data formats each including C&I devices, where the C&I systems are coupled to field devices coupled to processing equipment configured for implementing an industrial process. A data collection process is initiated using respective data formats for obtaining engineering configuration data used in the C&I systems stored therein. The engineering configuration data from each C&I system is used to determine connections within and interconnections between the C&I systems. The format of the engineering configuration data can be converted to common format engineering configuration data and then be stored.

A method for integrating data from assets of a technical installation into a platform, wherein general models are initially defined for the assets of domain-specific technical installations, where data from the identified general data sources are then assigned to previously defined general models, an asset is hen selected for a specific installation and the corresponding general model is imported into the platform, the data sources of the specific installation are configured such that a general model can be iteratively filled at runtime with the specific data relating to this installation for the selected asset based on data sources of specific installations, entities for the selected asset are formed by filling the general model with the specific data and stored in the platform, and where the asset entities are configurable in the platform, such that applications can access asset entities and the data thereof without any problems via programming interfaces.

Modern industrial processes demand flexibility in terms of how data flows are structured in an automation pyramid. Instead of only upward and downward flows, the data should be accessible directly at each level of the pyramid. A gateway for facilitating an integration of process equipment within an industrial environment supporting an open industry standard is provided. Integration of field devices having characteristics, capabilities, and/or requirements that are expressed by a description language for industrial process equipment such as EDDL, into a contemporary communication environment enabling a direct data access, is supported. The communication environment is operated based on a semantically enriched and graph-based data information model such as provided by OPC UA.

Automation device, computer program, computer-readable medium and method for automatically configuring an automation device, wherein a) an automation device is provided, b) a device management unit monitors whether an automation identifier is assigned to the automation device, c) upon identifying an assignment of this kind, the device management unit queries a central cluster management unit to determine whether a description object, in which the automation identifier assigned to the automation device is stored, already exists in a cluster state database belonging to the cluster containing description objects for nodes of the cluster, d) if no such description object yet exists, or if such a description object does exist but has been declared inactive, then the device management unit creates, in the cluster state database for a node identifier assigned to the automation device, a description object in which the automation identifier assigned to the automation device is stored.

Disclosed are an information providing method and system. In an embodiment, the method includes: acquiring product data and/or historical operation data; determining at least one feature description tag of an industrial product based upon the product data, and taking the at least one feature description tag of the industrial product as a feature of the industrial product; and/or determining at least one feature description tag of a user based upon the historical operation data, and taking the at least one feature description tag of the user as a feature of the user. The method further includes sending the feature of the industrial product and/or the feature of the user to a human-machine interactive device for display on a human-machine interactive interface. An embodiment further provides a reference suggestion for operative control of the industrial product by the user.

A power device discovery and visualization system identifies and categorizes smart power and energy devices deployed within an industrial enterprise, and generates interfaces that render customized presentations of a plant's power and energy usage based on data retrieved from the discovered devices. The system also facilitates remote configuration of the discovered smart devices via interaction with a single consolidated interface that affords access to all discovered power and energy devices. The system constructs a device profile for each discovered smart device based on information retrieved from the device, and categorizes each discovered device according to device type (e.g., power meter, IED, VFD, controller, etc.). The system retrieves available historical, real-time, and/or configuration data from each discovered smart device and makes this data available for viewing or modification via the system interface, thereby unifying plantwide power and energy data into a common presentation.

The present invention provides methods, systems and computer program products that enable the optimized synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data. The invention optimizes synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data by selecting a reduced set of data records associated with a field operator, for data synchronization based on one or more of a set of data record selection parameters, and a set of version synchronization rules to ensure that only data records that are relevant to a field operator's foreseeable activities in a shift are downloaded to the field operator's mobile client device.

A method for custom logic engineering in an industrial modular plant executing a production process includes receiving process data for the production process using at least one physical process module; determining a custom process topology by selecting, based on the received process data, at least one module type package, MTP; correlating to the at least one respective physical process module from a database, wherein the module type package is a digital representation of the respective physical process module; selecting at least one extender unit from the database based on the received process data; representing a logical function of the production process; determining connections between the extender unit(s) and the at least one MTP; setting properties of the extender unit(s) based on the received process data; and determining an extended control scheme for controlling dynamic behavior of the production process using the determined custom process topology.

A method and system of performing a commissioning procedure for an industrial facility utilizing assets includes receiving, at an electronic processor of a computing device, a series of selections to obtain audit information. From the selections, the electronic processor generates a search query and transmits the search query to a web server and a relational database for execution of the search query to obtain audit information. The electronic processor receives the audit information and populates the audit information into a record including an asset location, and an open pass/fail decision status for each of the assets for display as a record on a user interface. The electronic processor receives a selection of pass or fail for the audit information of a first asset, transmits a pass/fail result to the relational database via the web server, and displays the pass/fail result.

Automation device, computer program, computer-readable medium and method for automatically configuring an automation device, wherein a) an automation device is provided, b) a device management unit monitors whether an automation identifier is assigned to the automation device, c) upon identifying an assignment of this kind, the device management unit queries a central cluster management unit to determine whether a description object, in which the automation identifier assigned to the automation device is stored, already exists in a cluster state database belonging to the cluster containing description objects for nodes of the cluster, d) if no such description object yet exists, or if such a description object does exist but has been declared inactive, then the device management unit creates, in the cluster state database for a node identifier assigned to the automation device, a description object in which the automation identifier assigned to the automation device is stored.