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

Claim 0:
1. 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 control device further comprises a storage medium interface to which an external storage medium is detachably attached, and
wherein the first logging unit stores the information related to the secure communication in the external storage medium attached to the storage medium interface.