Model for communication between manufacturing and enterprise levels

US7904181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ILS TECHNOLOGY LLC · US

Inventors

• Eric Aupperlee · Boca Raton, US
• Sunil Barboza · Boca Raton, US
• David Barroso de la Rosa · Huelva, ES
• John Keever · Boca Raton, US
• Jim Wert · Boca Raton, US
• Terry Zanzucchi · Delray Beach, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for communicating with low level controllers and sensors located on the production floor of an enterprise directly from the top level of the enterprise. The device comprises a controller which interfaces with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) via the backplane into which the PLCs are plugged. Users are able to define triggers that specify the circumstances under which data points within the PLCs are transported to the enterprise level where they may be stored in a database or sent directly to enterprise application via one of a number of possible transfer protocols. The invention also includes a software client which allows users to set up transfer triggers and view data points on the PLCs in real time.