SYSTEM FOR DEVICE CONTROL, MONITORING, DATA GATHERING AND DATA ANALYTICS OVER A NETWORK

摘要

A system is described for use with an asset such as a vehicle or structure. In one example, the system includes IO modules, a scan module, a vector server, and a historian module. Each IO module includes a local server and is coupled to a component of the asset. Each IO module stores values for variables of the coupled component in the local server and generates a map file containing information about the variables. The scan module accesses each local server and stores the values in an aggregation server. The vector server receives the map file from each IO module and generates a vector file using the map files. The vector file describes the IO modules' variables and identifies each value's memory location in the aggregation server. The historian module generates a storage structure using the vector file and populates the storage structure with the values from the aggregation server.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of input/output (IO) modules positioned within a vehicle, wherein each IO module includes a local server and is coupled to at least one component of the vehicle, and wherein each IO module is configured to store values for variables of the coupled component in the IO module's local server and to generate a map file containing information about the variables; a scan module positioned within the vehicle and coupled to the local servers and an aggregation server, wherein the scan module is configured to access each local server and to store the values contained in each local server in the aggregation server; a vector server positioned within the vehicle and coupled to the IO modules and the scan module, wherein the vector server is configured to receive the map file from each IO module and to generate a vector file based on the map files, and wherein the vector file describes the variables for the plurality of IO modules and identifies a location for each of the values in a memory of the aggregation server; and an asset historian module positioned within the vehicle and coupled to the vector server and the aggregation server, wherein the asset historian module contains a local historian database, and wherein the asset historian module is configured to generate a storage structure within the local historian database based on the vector file and to populate the storage structure with the values from the aggregation server.