Abstract: An information collecting device controls a plant based on process data acquired from controllers and field devices connected to the controllers. The information collecting device includes an arithmetic controller and an update controller. The arithmetic controller collects first information which is engineering information of the plant and second information which is device information from a controller, a field device or a combination of both selected from the controllers and the field devices. The update controller generates third information based on a definition in which the first information and the second information are set in advance, and updates the third information in a storage based on a preset update cycle.

Abstract: An information collecting system collects information associated with (i) a controller connected to a control network and (ii) a host device connected to an information network located at a level higher than the control network, and includes a management device and an information collecting mediation device. The management device is connected to the information network, collects information associated with the host device, transmits an acquisition request for information associated with the controller to the information network, and manages the collected information associated with the host device and information associated with the controller.

Abstract: An engineering apparatus that is used for supporting engineering of facilities in an industrial plant according to one aspect of the present invention includes a storage storing a first data file group including first data files, the first data files including element information indicating one or a plurality of functional blocks that are constituent elements of a control logic for controlling operation of the industrial plant, a processor configured to change the element information included in the first data files, and a determiner configured to acquire a second data file group including second data files, the second data files including the changed element information in another engineering apparatus, extract differential files including the changed element information from each of the first data file group and the second data file group, and determine whether there is mismatching between functional blocks indicated by the element information included in the differential files.

Abstract: An information collecting device controls a plant based on process data acquired from controllers and field devices connected to the controllers. The information collecting device includes an arithmetic controller and an update controller. The arithmetic controller collects first information which is engineering information of the plant and second information which is device information from a controller, a field device or a combination of both selected from the controllers and the field devices. The update controller generates third information based on a definition in which the first information and the second information are set in advance, and updates the third information in a storage based on a preset update cycle.

Abstract: An information collecting system collects information associated with (i) a controller connected to a control network and (ii) a host device connected to an information network located at a level higher than the control network, and includes a management device and an information collecting mediation device. The management device is connected to the information network, collects information associated with the host device, transmits an acquisition request for information associated with the controller to the information network, and manages the collected information associated with the host device and information associated with the controller.

Abstract: A modification management system for a configuration system, includes, not limited to a comparator, a record generator and a link generator implemented in one or more processors. The comparator is configured to determine if a first modification item in a first instruction file is modified. The record generator is configured to create a first record and to store the first modification item in a first record when the first modification item is determined, by the comparator, to be modified. The link generator configured to generate a first link between the first record and the first instruction file, wherein the first instruction file is configured to define at least one modification item for the configuration system.

Abstract: An engineering apparatus that is used for supporting engineering of facilities in an industrial plant according to one aspect of the present invention includes a storage storing a first data file group including first data files, the first data files including element information indicating one or a plurality of functional blocks that are constituent elements of a control logic for controlling operation of the industrial plant, a processor configured to change the element information included in the first data files, and a determiner configured to acquire a second data file group including second data files, the second data files including the changed element information in another engineering apparatus, extract differential files including the changed element information from each of the first data file group and the second data file group, and determine whether there is mismatching between functional blocks indicated by the element information included in the differential files.

Abstract: A configuration system, for a process control system configured to perform process control, the configuration system includes, not limited to, a) an editor configured to perform one of generate and update one of a definition module and an application module, wherein a set of the definition module and the application module comprises control logic and design data for a part of an industrial plant. The editor includes, not limited to, a-1) a definition module generator configured to generate or update one of a definition module control logic and an application module control logic based on the definition module design data. The editor is implemented by one or more processors.

Abstract: A modification management system for a configuration system, includes, not limited to a comparator, a record generator and a link generator implemented in one or more processors. The comparator is configured to determine if a first modification item in a first instruction file is modified. The record generator is configured to create a first record and to store the first modification item in a first record when the first modification item is determined, by the comparator, to be modified. The link generator configured to generate a first link between the first record and the first instruction file, wherein the first instruction file is configured to define at least one modification item for the configuration system.

Abstract: A manipulation monitoring device includes a first storage unit that stores screen information of a manipulation monitoring screen prepared for each manipulation monitoring area of a plant, a second storage unit that stores relevance information indicating logical relevance of process elements constituting a process realized in the plant, a display unit that displays the manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information stored in the first storage unit as a first manipulation monitoring screen, a search unit that searches the first storage unit based on the relevance information stored in the second storage unit to obtain the screen information related to the first manipulation monitoring screen displayed on the display unit, and a display control unit that performs display control to cause a second manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information obtained by the search unit to be displayed on the display unit with the first manipulation monitoring screen.

Abstract: A configuration system, for a process control system configured to perform process control, the configuration system includes, not limited to, a) an editor configured to perform one of generate and update one of a definition module and an application module, wherein a set of the definition module and the application module comprises control logic and design data for a part of an industrial plant. The editor includes, not limited to, a-1) a definition module generator configured to generate or update one of a definition module control logic and an application module control logic based on the definition module design data. The editor is implemented by one or more processors.

Abstract: A manipulation monitoring device includes a first storage unit that stores screen information of a manipulation monitoring screen prepared for each manipulation monitoring area of a plant, a second storage unit that stores relevance information indicating logical relevance of process elements constituting a process realized in the plant, a display unit that displays the manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information stored in the first storage unit as a first manipulation monitoring screen, a search unit that searches the first storage unit based on the relevance information stored in the second storage unit to obtain the screen information related to the first manipulation monitoring screen displayed on the display unit, and a display control unit that performs display control to cause a second manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information obtained by the search unit to be displayed on the display unit with the first manipulation monitoring screen.