Management and development of an industrial environment

摘要

System(s), apparatus(es) and method(s) are provided for to managing and developing an industrial system included in the industrial environment. Intelligence related to a configuration of the industrial system is collected and processed to generate information related to operational condition(s) of the industrial system. Intelligence can be collected actively or passively: In active collection, a platform that collects the intelligence retrieves configuration record(s) from the industrial system, whereas in passive collection, the platform received one or more configuration records from the industrial automation system. Collected intelligence is cast into a set of configuration units that defines industrial system and functionality thereof. In addition, a set of services configured to convey specific functionality associated with at least one configuration unit is composed. At least a portion of the generated information can be supplied to the industrial system or one or more components thereof in accordance with a policy configured by the industrial automation system.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one memory comprising computer-executable code instructions; and at least one processor functionally coupled to the at least one memory and configured to execute the computer-executable code instructions to implement components comprising:
a configuration component configured to retrieve one or more configuration records from an industrial system and create at least one configuration unit that defines functionality of the industrial system based on the one or more configuration records, wherein the one or more configuration records contain at least identity information that identifies one or more industrial devices of the industrial system and one or more security profiles of the one or more industrial devices; anda design component configured to identify an area of operational improvement for the industrial system based on analysis of the one or more configuration records, wherein the area of operational improvement comprises at least one device or service determined to be performing outside a defined performance metric; anda service generator configured to create, based on the area of operational improvement, a service that exposes at least a subset of the functionality defined by the at least one configuration unit.