A method for detecting misconfigured industrial automation devices within an operational technology (OT) network of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and/or distributed control systems (DCSs), each PLC including one or more central processing unit (CPU) cards, one or more communication cards, and one or more input/out (I/O) cards, each I/O card controlling a machine or process in a physical network, the method including parsing a project file that includes information about a PLC and its configuration, and about the logic that runs on the PLC, generating a network layout configured in the project the, based on the results of the parsing, scanning the PLC including extracting information regarding the PLC configuration and the network layout, generating an actual network layout, based on the results of the scanning, and comparing the actual network layout with the network layout configured in the project file, to detect misconfigurations in the project file.

A system and a method for scheduling an automation process controlling a machine. The system including a parser module for parsing calendar data, the calendar data comprising calendar events including clock data and task data. The system further including a clock module for monitoring time instances and triggering the parser module to parse the calendar data to retrieve the task data of a calendar event that is identified by clock data corresponding to a time instance; and a task module for processing the task data of the calendar event to obtain machine control data for execution on a machine.

A system and a method for scheduling an automation process controlling a machine. The system including a parser module for parsing calendar data, the calendar data comprising calendar events including clock data and task data. The system further including a clock module for monitoring time instances and triggering the parser module to parse the calendar data to retrieve the task data of a calendar event that is identified by clock data corresponding to a time instance; and a task module for processing the task data of the calendar event to obtain machine control data for execution on a machine.

System(s) and method(s) are provided for peer-to-peer exchange of data in a control system. Decentralized storage and multi-access paths provide complete sets of data without dependence on a specific or pre-defined data source or access paths. Data is characterized as data resources with disparate granularity. The control system includes a plurality of layers that act as logic units communicatively coupled through access network(s). Server(s) resides in a service layer, whereas client(s) associated with respective visualization terminal(s) are part of a visualization layer. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be based on available access network(s) resources and optimization of response time(s) in the control system. When client requests a data resource, all the locations of the data resource and the quickest source to retrieve it are automatically determined. The client stores copy of data resource. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be implemented within the service layer or the visualization layer.

System(s) and method(s) are provided for peer-to-peer exchange of data in a control system. Decentralized storage and multi-access paths provide complete sets of data without dependence on a specific or pre-defined data source or access paths. Data is characterized as data resources with disparate granularity. The control system includes a plurality of layers that act as logic units communicatively coupled through access network(s). Server(s) resides in a service layer, whereas client(s) associated with respective visualization terminal(s) are part of a visualization layer. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be based on available access network(s) resources and optimization of response time(s) in the control system. When client requests a data resource, all the locations of the data resource and the quickest source to retrieve it are automatically determined. The client stores copy of data resource. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be implemented within the service layer or the visualization layer.

System(s) and method(s) are provided for peer-to-peer exchange of data in a control system. Decentralized storage and multi-access paths provide complete sets of data without dependence on a specific or pre-defined data source or access paths. Data is characterized as data resources with disparate granularity. The control system includes a plurality of layers that act as logic units communicatively coupled through access network(s). Server(s) resides in a service layer, whereas client(s) associated with respective visualization terminal(s) are part of a visualization layer. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be based on available access network(s) resources and optimization of response time(s) in the control system. When client requests a data resource, all the locations of the data resource and the quickest source to retrieve it are automatically determined. The client stores copy of data resource. Peer-to-peer distribution of data resource(s) can be implemented within the service layer or the visualization layer.