The present disclosure comprises a method for managing a plant of the automation technology, including a step of acquiring and storing all data transmitted via a communication network, consisting of process values, control variables and status data, and operating telegrams by a field detection unit, and providing the data and the operating telegrams with time stamps. The method also includes steps of temporally assigning the operating telegrams to the data, and analyzing the assignment and creating an intervention system. The intervention system contains plant states and interventions, wherein a plant state is created on the basis of transmitted data from a sensor unit and from an actuator unit, and wherein an intervention consists of at least one operating telegram following the transmitted data from the sensor unit and from the actuator unit.

A system for collecting data from multiple sensors at a central node is described. The system includes multiple pairs of sensor array multiplexers (SAMs) and sensors connected in series along the length of two cables each having a twisted wire pair. A first end of the length of the two cables is connected to the central node for receiving data from each of the multiple pairs. The multiple pairs include sensors of at least two different types, which may have different sampling rates. The first cable carries timing data between the multiple pairs and the central node and the second cable carries sensor data between the multiple pairs and the central node.

A sensor assembly for a position sensor is provided. The sensor assembly comprises a data sensor and a communication sensor. The data sensor has a first printed circuit board and the first printed circuit board has a plurality of sensor elements disposed on a first side of the first printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board has a swing angle sensing unit and an inclination sensing unit. The communication sensor is electrically connected to the data sensor. The communication sensor has a second printed circuit board. The second printed circuit board is aligned such that the second printed circuit board faces a second side of the first printed circuit board.

Systems and methods for processing data near the point of collection are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a control node configured to execute a cluster manager and a storage manager. A plurality of subordinate compute nodes can be configured to execute tasks under the control of the cluster manager. The storage manager can be configured to manage storage of data received by the system across one or more storage devices shared by the plurality of subordinate compute nodes. Data can be received from a device proximate to the system over a local network connection. A network switch within the system can route data between the network interface, the control node, and the plurality of subordinate compute nodes. The system may be sized and configured to be carried by a single person and deployed in a variety of environments even when an Internet connection is unavailable.

In one embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the flow without decrypting the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, creating a classification response, and using the classification response to modify processing of the flow. In another embodiment, a method for classifying an encrypted flow includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with an encrypted flow traversing a network, collecting telemetry data from the first plurality of packets associated with the flow, sending the telemetry data to a backend system for classification, using the telemetry data to classify the flow using a machine learning classifier, and using the output of the classifier to modify processing of the flow.

Provided is an operator terminal for a blasting system. The terminal includes a logging unit that acquires detonation information on a detonator using a logging scheme, a scanning unit that acquires the detonation information using a scanning scheme, and a control unit that receives the detonation information, matches the detonation information and design information to each other, and transfers setting information corresponding to the detonation information to the detonator. The logging scheme is a scheme of acquiring the detonation information through a detonation wire connected to the detonator, and the scanning scheme is a scheme of capturing an identification image and thus acquiring the detonation information.

Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing storage-efficient sensors. A method can include: using a discovery service to determine one or more parameters associated with a storage device via a network over a medium; transmitting data from at least one sensor to a storage device via the network over the medium; processing the data and storing at least a portion of the data at the storage device; and transmitting at least a second portion of the data via the network to at least one host.

A method, computer program product, and system for tracking scheduled and unscheduled tasks of devices in case of an electrical power outage is provided. The method includes providing a hub connected to an electrically powered device, where the hub is powered by an uninterruptible power source. The method further includes continually recording data regarding the operational state of the electrically powered device using one or more sensors attached to the electrically powered device. The method further includes tracking progress of tasks associated with the electrically powered device, based on the continual recording of data regarding the operational state of the electrically powered device. The method further includes, upon detecting a power outage followed by a restore of power, identifying an expected activity to resume a task associated with the electrically powered device, based on the tracked progress of the task prior to the power outage.

A clamping force measuring instrument for a radial clamping device having at least one force sensor for detecting a clamping force of the clamping device and an evaluation device for evaluating sensor data of the force sensor. The clamping force measuring instrument is embodied as a modular clamping force measuring instrument, having an evaluation module a sensor module. The sensor module includes at least one measurement surface and the force sensor. The evaluation module has a radio interface, a memory and/or a display device. The sensor module and the evaluation module are configured for coupling to one another by a coupling device and each has a data connection device. The data connection devices are connected to one another to produce a data connection in the event of the sensor module being coupled to the evaluation module.

The present invention relates generally to a system and method of networking and interconnecting a large number of various types of sensors to a remote location in an efficient manner Specifically, the invention utilizes a flexible, configurable, scalable and power-efficient sensor interface relay architecture to gather sensor data from various locations and then relay it to a remote location via the internet.