Patent classifications
G05B2219/13129
Automatic discovery of relationships among equipment through automated cycling and observation
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover relationships among equipment in automated industrial or commercial environments by cycling each individual piece of equipment while observing sensors in all other equipment in order to measure how each part reacts to each other part. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; issue one or more commands to cycle a current data source in the a plurality of data sources; monitor the automation environment for events or state changes in the data sources; detect one or more events or one or more state changes in one or more other data sources in the a plurality of data sources; and determine one or more relationships between the current data source and the one or more other data sources.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREON COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD
A program development support device for supporting development of a safety program to be executed in a safety controller includes: a development module that develops the safety program in response to user operation; a calculation module that calculates an identification value according to data of the developed safety program, in accordance with a function for calculating a random value with respect to an input; and an output module that outputs a document related to the safety program. The output module provides the identification value calculated by the calculation module to all pages of the document which are related to the safety program.
AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF AUTOMATED DIGITAL SYSTEMS THROUGH LINK SALIENCE
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to combine counts of activity correlations over time with a link salience method to identify collections of digital devices in an automated environment to identify sub-systems comprised of portions of the overall environment. The platforms, systems, and methods detect activity in a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; determine correlation in the detected activity between two or more of the data sources; store records of determined correlation in the detected activity over time in a data storage system; apply a link salience algorithm to the stored records of determined correlation in the detected activity to determine a salience property; and identify one or more subsystems in the automation environment based on the salience property.
Automatic discovery of relationships among equipment through observation over time
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover relationships among equipment in automated industrial or commercial environments by looking for synchrony in state changes among the equipment. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; detect one or more events or one or more state changes in the data sources; store the detected events or state changes; detect synchrony in the detected events or state changes by performing operations comprising: identifying combinatorial pairs of data sources having an event or state change within a predetermined time window; and conducting pairwise testing for each identified combinatorial pair of data sources by applying an algorithm to the stored detected events or state changes; and determine one or more relationships for at least one identified combinatorial pair of data sources.
Data mapping based on device profiles
Described are platforms, systems, and methods for mapping data found in connected equipment from a manufacturer's selected schema, format, and protocol to a normalized data model. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; retrieve data from at least one of the identified data sources; generate a plurality of data source mapping profiles, each data source mapping profile specific to a particular data source configuration; maintain a data store comprising the plurality of data source mapping profiles; select a data source mapping profile specific to the at least one identified data source configuration; and apply an algorithm to map the retrieved data to a predetermined ontology based on the selected data source mapping profile for the at least one identified data source.
Subtended device mapping through controller introspection
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover subtended devices through introspection of executive or supervisory controllers. The platforms, systems, and methods maintain a plurality of introspection directives, each introspection directive comprising a sequence of instructions specific to a communications protocol, the sequence of instructions comprising instructions to send at least one command to at least one controller associated with an automation environment in accordance with the communications protocol, instructions to receive a response to the at least one command, and instructions to parse the response; identify an appropriate introspection directive for the at least one controller; and execute the sequence of instructions with respect to the at least one controller to perform operations comprising: sending at least one command to at least one controller; receiving a response; and parsing the response.
Graph data enrichment
Described are platforms, systems, and methods for real-time enrichment of vertices, edges, and related data within a graph database. The platforms, systems, and methods maintain a graph database comprising a representation of a current state of an automation environment comprising a plurality of data sources, wherein the data sources are represented as vertices in the graph database and relationships between the individual data sources are represented as edges in the graph database; operate a plurality of software agents, each software agent configured to perform operations comprising: applying an algorithm to identify patterns in the graph database; and generating a specific data enrichment based on one or more identified patterns; and contribute the generated data enrichment back to the graph database.
DATA MAPPING BASED ON DEVICE PROFILES
Described are platforms, systems, and methods for mapping data found in connected equipment from a manufacturer's selected schema, format, and protocol to a normalized data model. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; retrieve data from at least one of the identified data sources; generate a plurality of data source mapping profiles, each data source mapping profile specific to a particular data source configuration; maintain a data store comprising the plurality of data source mapping profiles; select a data source mapping profile specific to the at least one identified data source configuration; and apply an algorithm to map the retrieved data to a predetermined ontology based on the selected data source mapping profile for the at least one identified data source.
SUBTENDED DEVICE MAPPING THROUGH CONTROLLER INTROSPECTION
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover subtended devices through introspection of executive or supervisory controllers. The platforms, systems, and methods maintain a plurality of introspection directives, each introspection directive comprising a sequence of instructions specific to a communications protocol, the sequence of instructions comprising instructions to send at least one command to at least one controller associated with an automation environment in accordance with the communications protocol, instructions to receive a response to the at least one command, and instructions to parse the response; identify an appropriate introspection directive for the at least one controller; and execute the sequence of instructions with respect to the at least one controller to perform operations comprising: sending at least one command to at least one controller; receiving a response; and parsing the response.
GRAPH DATA ENRICHMENT
Described are platforms, systems, and methods for real-time enrichment of vertices, edges, and related data within a graph database. The platforms, systems, and methods maintain a graph database comprising a representation of a current state of an automation environment comprising a plurality of data sources, wherein the data sources are represented as vertices in the graph database and relationships between the individual data sources are represented as edges in the graph database; operate a plurality of software agents, each software agent configured to perform operations comprising: applying an algorithm to identify patterns in the graph database; and generating a specific data enrichment based on one or more identified patterns; and contribute the generated data enrichment back to the graph database.