Integrated programmer reference for industrial control device data

US8050784B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James A. Bizily · Willoughby, US
• Scott A. Pierce · Henderson, US
• Patrick D. Telljohann · Solon, US
• Robert D. Law · Independence, US
• Dennis M. Wylie · Mentor, US
• Paul Griesmer · Broadview Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program to assist in programming an industrial control system provides a programmer with a functional description of the data of low-level devices in the industrial controller, as gleaned from electronic data sheets, whose data is extracted and combined with mapping data used during the configuration of the industrial controller. The functional description may be used to create a reference for the programmer that may be incorporated into the control program source file.