Patent ID: 11880194
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A control device for factory automation (FA), the control device comprising:
a first connector to connect a first network to which a control target belongs;
a second connector to connect a second network to which an external instrument belongs; and
hardware circuit and/or at least one processor configured to implement:
a control arithmetic unit to execute control arithmetic processing using data related to the control target;
a communication unit to exchange the data with the external instrument by secure communication through the second network;
a first logging unit to log information related to the secure communication performed by the communication unit; and

a second logging unit to log information related to control of a logging operation of the first logging unit,
wherein the information related to the secure communication includes a condition establishing the secure communication through the second network.