<p>An organizational model of a hierarchical system can be distributed across various elements of an enterprise. Such elements include representations of the system that are maintained on higher-level business servers and other representations that serve control elements of the system such as programmable logic controllers and/or other industrial control components. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes at least one controller to instantiate a portion of an organizational hierarchy. A communications component in the controller interacts with at least one other portion of the organizational hierarchy to facilitate data exchange and control between various components of an enterprise.</p>
申请公布号
EP1770464(A2)
申请公布日期
2007.04.04
申请号
EP20060020456
申请日期
2006.09.28
申请人
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
发明人
CHAND, SUJEET;BRIANT, STEPHEN C.;HALL, KENWOOD H.;HOOD, GAVAN W.;BAIER, JOHN J.;KALAN, MICHAEL D.