Patent ID: 8028045

Claim:
A system that facilitates configuration of automation control systems, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the system, including: a web server configured to provide an interface via a web browser to at least one computing device, wherein the web server is further configured to instantiate multiple configuration gateways on the web server that respectively provide a pathway for communication between at least two interconnected automation networks, wherein the interface is configured to interact, through the multiple configuration gateways, with the at least two interconnected automation networks to provide detection of and communication with at least two devices on the respective at least two automation networks, wherein the web server is further configured to download, to at least one device of the at least two devices, a who-am-I resource that executes on the at least one device and provides identification information employed by the web server to display the at least one device within the web browser, and wherein the web server is configured to interact with the who-am-I resource using at least one of multicast detection, a sniffer, or an echo request to retrieve the identification information.