US 12,140,936 B2
Configuring modular industrial plants
Mario Hoernicke, Landau (DE); Katharina Stark, Weinheim (DE); Roland Braun, Niederkassel Luesldorf (DE); Michael Vach, Wilhelmsfeld (DE); Sten Gruener, Laudenbach (DE); Nicolai Schoch, Heidelberg (DE); and Marcel Dix, Mannheim (DE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,738.
Claims priority of application No. 20206705 (EP), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147025 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4188 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/50158 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of configuring a modular industrial plant using an engineering tool, the method comprising:
using a plant engineering facility of the engineering tool to create a representation of the modular industrial plant identifying modules to be orchestrated in the modular industrial plant, the modules comprising at least one function module comprising control software for the modular industrial plant, wherein the plant engineering facility provides at least one topology view for defining flow of information or material between the modules;
using a module engineering facility of the engineering tool to configure the at least one function module for use in the modular industrial plant by editing a placeholder configuration file created by the engineering tool for defining the configuration of the at least one function module;
wherein editing the placeholder configuration file comprises selectively disabling an optional feature of the at least one function module thereby suppressing application to the modular industrial plant of one or more aspects of the optional feature including corresponding control code, human-machine interface (HMI) parts, and services, and wherein editing the placeholder configuration file causes a representation of the at least one function module in the plant engineering facility to be automatically updated to reflect adaptations made to the at least one function module using the module engineering facility, wherein the adaptations are directly reflected in the at least one topology view of the plant engineering facility; and
instructing the engineering tool to assign each of the at least one function module so configured to the modular industrial plant.