Patent ID: 8705863

Claim:
A system for providing a computer implemented control system for an automated system, the system comprising: a document receiving component configured for receiving a plurality of design documents associated with an existing automated system and for rendering at least three design document views corresponding to the plurality of design documents, wherein the automated system comprises a plurality of devices controlled by a computer implemented control system; an input receiving component configured for receiving an indication selecting a first design document view and a second design document view from the at least three rendered design document views, wherein the first design document view is an input/output (I/O) distribution document view that is associated with an electronic component rack that comprises a plurality of slots and the second design document view is a bill of material document view that includes design data identifying a control module, wherein the input/output (I/O) distribution document view includes design data indicating into which slot of the plurality of slots the control module is mounted; a data extraction component configured for automatically extracting design data from the first design document view and design data from the second design document view, wherein the design data from the first design document view is related to the design data from the second document view; a matching component configured for determining a relationship between the design data from the first design document view and the design data from the second design document view by comparing text in the first design document view to text in the second design document view; and a data manager component configured for storing the relationship in a data store accessible by the computer implemented control system, wherein the computer implemented control system controls the plurality of devices in the automated system based on the relationship stored in the data store, wherein at least one of the system components comprises at least one electronic hardware component.