Patent ID: 8156232
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. An industrial automation device, comprising: a reception component that receives a request for data resident within the industrial automation device, the requested data is a binary bit stream gathered from a device coupled to and controlled by the industrial automation device, the reception component further obtains a text string that describes information represented by at least one bit of data comprising the binary bit stream data referenced in the data request; an encoding component communicatively coupled to the reception component that receives the text string and the binary bit stream associated with the request and encodes at least a portion of the bit stream and at least a portion of the text string, and combines the encoded binary bit stream and text string as an extensible markup language (XML)-encoded payload, the encoding component further communicates the encoded payload by way of an industrial automation protocol; a mapping component that maps a data model associated with a control and information protocol (CIP) to CIP objects associated with a web service; and a user interface generating component that automatically generates a graphical user interface based at least in part upon the XML-encoded payload, the graphical user interface is formatted to facilitate rendering of the industrial automation device on a device remotely coupled to the industrial automation device, wherein the XML-encoded payload is wrapped according to the CIP for transmission from the industrial automation device to be parsed by the device remotely coupled to the industrial automation device.