Virtueller Einsatz von Verteilten Steuerungssystemen zur Steuerlogikprüfung

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4741967

Anmeldetag

21. September 2022

Veröffentlichung

13. Mai 2026

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

G05B19/418(SCHROETER BEN et al.)(ABB SCHWEIZ AG et al.)

Abstract

A computer-implemented method (100) for creating a virtual deployment (10*) of a distributed control system, DCS (10), for a given industrial process (1), comprising the steps of:• providing (110) a topology (2) of the assets executing the industrial process (1), as well as control logic (3) for controlling these assets;• providing (120) at least one I/O simulator (4) that is configured to supply, to the DCS (10), sensor and/or actor data that is realistic in the context of the given industrial process (1);• determining (130), based at least in part on said topology (2) of the assets and on the control logic (3), a topology (11a) of devices (11) that form part of the DCS (10);• establishing (140), based at least in part on this topology (11a) of devices (11), at least one declarative and/or imperative description (12) of the DCS (10) that characterizes multiple devices (11) of the DCS (10), their placement, and their connections, wherein this declarative and/or imperative description (12) of the DCS (10) is idempotent in that, irrespective of a starting state of an environment, deploying the DCS (10) will always move this environment to the same end state;• creating (150), based at least in part on the declarative and/or imperative description (12), virtual instances (11*) of the devices (11) of the DCS (10) and their connections in a chosen environment, wherein at least one device (11) of the DCS (10) is connected to at least one I/O simulator (4), so that the sought virtual deployment (10*) of the DCS (10) results.

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ABB Schweiz AG

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🇨🇭 Schweiz

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