公开(公告)号：US20240248444A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18413404

申请日：2024-01-16

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hans Thilderkvist ,  Sunil Karlekar ,  Ulf Hagberg ,  Ralf Jeske ,  Raoul Jetley

IPC: G05B19/042

CPC classification number: G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/25083

Abstract: An engineering server of a process control system includes at least one processor operable to provide a group of engineering services of an engineering services platform, which group includes at least one engineering directory service and at least one group of model services, where each engineering directory service provides at least one object of a type corresponding to a type of process control equipment and each model service provides a function operating on an object provided by a corresponding engineering directory service and allowing a user to configure the corresponding function, wherein the model services and the engineering directory service are realized as microservices and each model service communicates with the corresponding engineering directory service via a corresponding point-to-point connection and stores configurations made by the user in a source file store for being implemented as configurations of real functions in a runtime system of the process control system operating on process control equipment.

公开(公告)号：US09819539B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US14061517

申请日：2013-10-23

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hans Thilderkvist ,  Thomas Pauly ,  Jeff Harding

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G05B19/418

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  G05B19/41855 ,  G05B2219/24168 ,  G05B2219/31098 ,  H04L41/0883 ,  H04L41/0886 ,  Y02P90/185 ,  Y04S40/162

Abstract: A setup control unit is configured to get activated via a first computer that is to become a node in the process control system and which activation is initiated by a setup tool being brought to the first computer. The setup control unit contacts a configuration control computer, supplies a setup tool identifier to the configuration control computer, accesses system information elements in the configuration control computer, presents system nodes to an operator using the system information elements, receives an operator selection of a system node, sends the node selection to the configuration control computer for registering, based on a setup tool identifier investigation, receives node parameter data associated with the selected system node from the configuration control computer and supplies the first computer with the node parameter data for making it into the selected system node.

公开(公告)号：US20240160177A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18506605

申请日：2023-11-10

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Jan Gjerseth ,  Hans Thilderkvist ,  Raoul Jetley ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Sunil Karlekar

IPC: G05B19/048

CPC classification number: G05B19/048 ,  G05B2219/14005 ,  G05B2219/14006

Abstract: A distributed control system and a corresponding method for industrial processes are provided. The distributed control system includes one or more runtime services spanning over a server- and control layer. Each runtime service is arranged to manage its own configuration data, and each configuration item of the runtime service is provided with an identifier that is unique within the distributed control system, wherein each such unique identifier is associated with a physical host address corresponding to an endpoint of the respective runtime service and stored as an attribute of its configuration item.

公开(公告)号：US11796975B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16795208

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Staffan Andersson ,  Hans Thilderkvist

IPC: H04L61/00 ,  G05B19/042 ,  H04L61/5069

CPC classification number: G05B19/042 ,  H04L61/5069 ,  G05B2219/25198

Abstract: A method for process control in a network centric process control system. The network centric process control system includes a plurality of nodes, wherein each node includes one or more control services being a separate executable running in a separate operating system process provided by a real time operating system thereof, wherein configuration data defining a communication interface for process data between the plurality of nodes has been received from an engineering node. The method includes publishing, by one or more of the plurality of controller nodes and plurality of device nodes, process data information in a middleware service, the process data information having an identity unique in the network centric process control system, a data type for process data, and process data, wherein the middleware service being a separate executable running in a separate operating system process provided by a real time operating system thereof, and subscribing, by the one or more of the plurality of nodes, to process data information published in the middleware service. A network centric process control system, a computer program, and a computer program product thereof are also presented.

公开(公告)号：US20240184259A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18522143

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hans Thilderkvist ,  Sunil Karlekar ,  Andrea Macauda ,  Massimiliano Sasso ,  Raoul Jetley ,  Staffan Andersson

IPC: G05B19/042 ,  H04L67/02

CPC classification number: G05B19/042 ,  H04L67/02 ,  G05B2219/23067

Abstract: A method performed by a deploy service for coordinated deploy to RT services in an automation system. The method includes, from each of a plurality of engineering services, obtaining at least one configuration collection, each configuration collection being addressed to a specific one of the RT services. The method also includes forwarding each of the obtained configuration collections to the RT service to which it is addressed. The method also includes, for each of the configuration collections, in response to the forwarding thereof, receiving an acknowledgement from the RT service to which it was forwarded, indicating that the RT service is able to apply the configuration collection. The method also includes, in response to receiving the acknowledgements for all of the configuration collections, instructing each of the RT services from which the acknowledgements were received to apply the configuration collections.

公开(公告)号：US20200278649A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16795208

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Staffan Andersson ,  Hans Thilderkvist

IPC: G05B19/042 ,  H04L29/12

Abstract: A method for process control in a network centric process control system. The network centric process control system includes a plurality of nodes, wherein each node includes one or more control services being a separate executable running in a separate operating system process provided by a real time operating system thereof, wherein configuration data defining a communication interface for process data between the plurality of nodes has been received from an engineering node. The method includes publishing, by one or more of the plurality of controller nodes and plurality of device nodes, process data information in a middleware service, the process data information having an identity unique in the network centric process control system, a data type for process data, and process data, wherein the middleware service being a separate executable running in a separate operating system process provided by a real time operating system thereof, and subscribing, by the one or more of the plurality of nodes, to process data information published in the middleware service. A network centric process control system, a computer program, and a computer program product thereof are also presented.

公开(公告)号：US20170300042A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15509561

申请日：2014-09-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Thomas Pauly ,  Hans Thilderkvist ,  Jeff Harding

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F21/12

CPC classification number: G05B19/4186 ,  G05B2219/32161 ,  G05B2219/33148 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06F21/121 ,  Y02P90/18 ,  Y02P90/185 ,  Y02P90/20 ,  Y02P90/86

Abstract: A method for controlling real world objects in an industrial installation, which is performed in a server node and includes the steps of: receiving a connection establishment request having a user identity; authenticating the user identity; establishing a connection; receiving a service request, wherein the service request includes a reference to an aspect object and a reference to an aspect of the aspect object; forwarding the service request and the user identity to a service dispatcher module; determining a target service provider from the reference to the aspect object by querying a directory server module; and sending the service request and the user identity to the target service provider.

公开(公告)号：US20240403039A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18676688

申请日：2024-05-29

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Shreeranjini C S ,  Raoul Jetley ,  Ulf Hagberg ,  Hans Thilderkvist

IPC: G06F8/71

Abstract: A method of version management for Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) includes retrieving source files related to objects corresponding to a function of a device of a DCS from a data repository associated with the DCS, based on receiving a request from users associated with the DCS; retrieving versions of the source files, from model services corresponding to the source files; and executing operations for the device of the DCS based on user inputs. The operations are executed based on the source files from the data repository and the versions from the one or more model services, and managing the versions of the source files based on execution of the operations.

公开(公告)号：US10303144B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15322914

申请日：2014-08-11

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hans Thilderkvist ,  Staffan Andersson ,  Thomas Pauly ,  Ulf Hagberg

IPC: G05B19/042

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating software objects in a process control system. The method is performed by a processing tool. The method includes creating a process object in the process control system, the process object having at least two aspects. The method includes instantiating at least one instance of the process object in the process control system. The process object is defined by a control device object type having at least two aspects. The control device object type inherits at least one aspect of the at least two aspects from a control object type and inherits at least one other aspect of the at least two aspects from a device object type. There is also provided a processing tool, a computer program, and a computer program product.

公开(公告)号：US10146217B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15509561

申请日：2014-09-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Thomas Pauly ,  Hans Thilderkvist ,  Jeff Harding

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/64 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F21/12

Abstract: A method for controlling real world objects in an industrial installation, which is performed in a server node and includes the steps of: receiving a connection establishment request having a user identity; authenticating the user identity; establishing a connection; receiving a service request, wherein the service request includes a reference to an aspect object and a reference to an aspect of the aspect object; forwarding the service request and the user identity to a service dispatcher module; determining a target service provider from the reference to the aspect object by querying a directory server module; and sending the service request and the user identity to the target service provider.