Abstract:
According to one aspect of this disclosure, a distributed control system may include a diagnostic engine, a plurality of computing resources generating diagnostic parameters for transmission to the diagnostic engine, a first communication link operatively coupling the plurality of computing resources to one another, a second communication link operatively coupling the plurality of computing resources to the diagnostic engine, and a remote connection operatively coupling the diagnostic engine to a remote computing resource. The diagnostic parameters may indicate one or more conditions for at least one of the plurality of computing resources. The diagnostic engine locally observes the diagnostic parameters of the plurality of computing resources via the first communication link, and the remote computing resource initiates operation of the diagnostic engine via the remote connection and evaluates the diagnostic parameters remotely.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of online and dynamic distribution and configuration of applications in a Distributed Control System (DCS) having a plurality of controllers, in a plant. The method comprises one or more of the steps of breaking one or more applications correspondingly into one or more blocks, performing dynamic changes to the said application. Also, it caters to managing each of the said blocks and of its corresponding applications thereof, performing dynamic distribution of one or more blocks of one or more applications across one or more controllers. Along with the foregoing the method also provides for synchronizing data between one or more of the said distributed block and managing the applications and of the online schedule thereof. The invention also relate to a system for online and dynamic distribution and configuration of applications in a Distributed Control System (DCS) having a plurality of controllers, in a plant in accordance with the method of the invention.
Abstract:
The invention relate to a method for localization in an industrial wireless sensor network. The method comprises the steps of identifying the sensor node of a field device for localization. This is followed by determining the location information of the sensor node associated with the said field device. After determining the location information the method includes the step of storing the determined location information in the said field device or in one or more modules of the said wireless network management component or operator portal or a combination thereof. The method according to the invention is performed during the joining of the field device into the network or during the commissioning of the industrial wireless sensor network or thereafter either in part or in whole. The invention also relate to a system capable of localization in an industrial wireless sensor network in accordance with the method of the invention. The system comprises field devices, one or more modules of wireless network management component, operator portal, means that could work on the techniques and / or tools adapted or configured thereto for localization.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of secure multiple joining for a joining device to join a wireless system network. The method comprises the following steps. Acquiring at least one first join key; identifying the connecting device in the wireless system network; requesting the connecting device for joining the network through the connecting device identified; having an allocated session for the said joining device; acquiring the second join key from the connecting device; and replenishing the said at least one first join key with the at least one of the acquired one or more said second join key. The invention also relates to a wireless device having a first join key, capable of 'joining a wireless system network. The said wireless device is configured to receive one or more join keys from a maintenance tool or from the connecting device and replenish the first join key with the at least one of the received one or more join keys.