Patent ID: 9280426
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of nodes, wherein one of the plurality of nodes is designated as a server node, and the others of the plurality of nodes are designated as Human Machine Interface (HMI) client nodes; and wherein the designated server node comprises a network interface configured to communicate with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) either directly or through a network switch; wherein the PLC is connected to a turbine, the PLC comprising at least one processor and a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory storing a plurality of processing instructions for directing the at least one processor to transmit turbine operational data to the designated server node and receive control information from the designated server node; wherein each of the designated HMI client nodes is capable of serving as a relay node for communicating the turbine operational data between the designated server node and one or more of the designated HMI client nodes, each of the designated HMI client nodes comprise: