Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring an industrial control system (ICS) system configuration of an of an industrial plant, comprising: obtaining trigger data indicative of a request and/or a requirement to configure the ICS system configuration; obtaining configuration data indicative of instructions for configuring the ICS system configuration, the configuration data being obtained based on the trigger data; obtaining approval data indicative of an approval of the configuration data by at least one approved user of the ICS; and configuring the ICS system configuration based on the configuration data and the approval data.

Abstract: A system and method includes downloading an asset specification of a field device to an edge device, the field device configured to generate data relating to an asset of an industrial environment, the edge device located in the industrial environment, wherein the edge device is configured to receive the data generated by the field device; receiving an asset monitoring sub model for the field device, wherein the asset monitoring sub model specifies an interface specification and algorithm of an asset monitoring application for the field device; deploying the asset monitoring application for the field device to the edge device, wherein the deployment comprises utilization of the asset monitoring sub model; and generating a workflow function exposed by the asset monitoring application, wherein the generation of the workflow function comprises utilization of the asset specification of the field device and the interface specification of the asset monitoring sub model.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a service-based control application for an industrial plant includes automatically segmenting an initial control code for the industrial plant into a plurality of code blocks and automatically creating a plurality of services, each service implementing the functionality of one or more of the plurality of code blocks. The automatically creating of the plurality of services is carried out considering a similarity of a criticality assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks, such that code blocks having more similar criticality are more likely to be implemented within the same service.

Abstract: A method for anonymization and negotiation for predictive maintenance, the method comprising: aggregating, by an aggregation service module, runtime data and/or context data using an aggregation policy to generate aggregated data; anonymizing, by an anonymization module, the aggregated data using a user-definable internal anonymization policy to generate anonymized data; and sending, by a transmitting module, the anonymized data to a condition prediction service module.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for configuring at least one device of a system, comprising providing first data of the at least one device related device-specific data of the at least one device; generating at least a first maintenance job describing a change request requirement applied on the at least one device based on the first data; creating at least a first approval ticket based on a first verification check procedure of the generated first maintenance job of the at least one device; processing the at least first maintenance job with the at least first approval ticket to perform the configuration of the at least one device.

Abstract: A method for providing diagnostic data of a component comprising an OPC UA server includes providing metadata that describes the diagnostic data; discovering the OPC UA server; creating a corresponding data collection unit comprising an OPC UA client; generating a configuration file using the metadata; transferring the configuration file to the data collection unit; modifying a configuration file of the time-series database by adding a URI of the data collection unit; connecting to the time-series database; delivering diagnostic data of the component via the data collection unit to the time-series database; and storing the diagnostic data of the component to a diagnostic data repository of the time-series database.

Abstract: A method, performed by an industrial automation system, for condition monitoring an industrial plant includes receiving operational data of die industrial plant and obtaining an information model corresponding to at least one asset of the industrial plant from a cloud infrastructure. The method further includes processing die operational data using the information model to generate a recommendation for a control action. The industrial automation system is configured to provide a means to update the information model by dynamically receiving a new scheme for condition monitoring from a user and generating an updated information model based on the received scheme using an engineering tool m the cloud infrastructure. The step of updating the information model is performed by storing the updated information model in a machine readable file format on the cloud infrastructure.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at a façade server. The façade server provides a configurable façade having a configurable address space and serving as an interface for a client and to provide a mapping between the configurable address space of the façade and a data space and/or an address space of an external server.

Abstract: A method of executing a request to an industrial control system, which runs in a protected domain and is configured to control one or more field devices. Each step of the method is to be executed on processing resources of a cloud domain (CD), an edge domain (ED) or the protected domain. According to the first aspect, a step of receiving, from a client, a message with a request containing logical actions and a step of authenticating the client are performed using CD resources. Next, a step of initiating a verification of the message and a step of checking whether the authenticated client is authorized to perform the logical actions are performed using ED resources. Then, a step of mapping the logical actions to physical actions and a step where the industrial control system is caused to execute the physical actions are performed using resources in the protected domain.

Abstract: A method, performed by an industrial automation system, for condition monitoring an industrial plant includes receiving operational data of die industrial plant and obtaining an information model corresponding to at least one asset of the industrial plant from a cloud infrastructure. The method further includes processing die operational data using the information model to generate a recommendation for a control action. The industrial automation system is configured to provide a means to update the information model by dynamically receiving a new scheme for condition monitoring from a user and generating an updated information model based on the received scheme using an engineering tool m the cloud infrastructure. The step of updating the information model is performed by storing the updated information model in a machine readable file format on the cloud infrastructure.

Abstract: A method (500), performed by an industrial automation system, for condition monitoring an industrial plant includes receiving (502) operational data of die industrial plant and obtaining an information model corresponding to at least one asset of the industrial plant from a cloud infrastructure. The method (500) further includes processing (504) die operational data using the information model to generate a recommendation for a control action. The industrial automation system (200) is configured to provide a means to update the information model by dynamically receiving (510) a new scheme for condition monitoring from a user and generating (512) an updated information model based on the received scheme using an engineering tool m the cloud infrastructure. The step of updating the information model is performed by storing the updated information model in a machine readable file format on the cloud infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for anonymization and negotiation for predictive maintenance, the method comprising: aggregating, by an aggregation service module, runtime data and/or context data using an aggregation policy to generate aggregated data; anonymizing, by an anonymization module, the aggregated data using a user-definable internal anonymization policy to generate anonymized data; and sending, by a transmitting module, the anonymized data to a condition prediction service module.

Abstract: A system and method includes downloading an asset specification of a field device to an edge device, the field device configured to generate data relating to an asset of an industrial environment, the edge device located in the industrial environment, wherein the edge device is configured to receive the data generated by the field device; receiving an asset monitoring sub model for the field device, wherein the asset monitoring sub model specifies an interface specification and algorithm of an asset monitoring application for the field device; deploying the asset monitoring application for the field device to the edge device, wherein the deployment comprises utilization of the asset monitoring sub model; and generating a workflow function exposed by the asset monitoring application, wherein the generation of the workflow function comprises utilization of the asset specification of the field device and the interface specification of the asset monitoring sub model.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a service-based control application for an industrial plant includes automatically segmenting an initial control code for the industrial plant into a plurality of code blocks and automatically creating a plurality of services, each service implementing the functionality of one or more of the plurality of code blocks. The automatically creating of the plurality of services is carried out considering a similarity of a criticality assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks, such that code blocks having more similar criticality are more likely to be implemented within the same service.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at a façade server. The façade server provides a configurable façade having a configurable address space and serving as an interface for a client and to provide a mapping between the configurable address space of the façade and a data space and/or an address space of an external server.

Abstract: A method (500), performed by an industrial automation system, for condition monitoring an industrial plant includes receiving (502) operational data of die industrial plant and obtaining an information model corresponding to at least one asset of the industrial plant from a cloud infrastructure. The method (500) further includes processing (504) die operational data using the information model to generate a recommendation for a control action. The industrial automation system (200) is configured to provide a means to update the information model by dynamically receiving (510) a new scheme for condition monitoring from a user and generating (512) an updated information model based on the received scheme using an engineering tool m the cloud infrastructure. The step of updating the information model is performed by storing the updated information model in a machine readable file format on the cloud infrastructure.