Controller, setting method, computer-readable recording medium, and information processing apparatus

1 . A controller for an industrial automation system, comprising:

a transmission/reception unit that transmits a request for input/output setting of data to an information processing apparatus, and that receives, from the information processing apparatus, input/output information for at least one of a plurality of input/output channels of the controller, the input/output information defining a physical input/output type that is associated with the at least one of the plurality of input/output channels, the input/output information being associated with the controller that performs control of an associated system including a plurality of field instruments in a plant; and

a setting unit that performs the input/output setting of an input/output module of the controller based on the received input/output information.

2 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the setting unit receives the input/output information from the information processing apparatus to which the request has been transmitted, the setting unit calls an application programming interface that is associated with the input/output setting by using the input/output information, and performs setting of an input/output module in the controller.

3 . The controller according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit calls an application programming interface that is common to the associated system and that is related to the input/output setting by using the input/output information, further calls the application programming interface that is associated with the input/output setting that is different for each system, and performs setting of an input/output module in the controller.

4 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission/reception unit receives the input/output information that defines an input/output type of the data passing through each of input/output channels of the controller and that is associated with identification information on the controller.

5 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission/reception unit transmits the request to the information processing apparatus when the controller is connected to a communication network including the information processing apparatus for the first time, or when a control system including the controller is connected to the communication network after a system configuration has been changed.

6 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the controller conforms to Open Process Automation (OPA), Module Type Package (MTP), or NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA).

7 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the controller conforms to Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA).

8 . A setting method executed by a computer of a controller for an industrial automation system, the setting method comprising:

transmitting a request for input/output setting of data to an information processing apparatus;

receiving, from the information processing apparatus, input/output information for at least one of a plurality of input/output channels of the controller, the input/output information defining a physical input/output type that is associated with the at least one of the plurality of input/output channels, the input/output information being associated with the controller that performs control of an associated system including a plurality of field instruments in a plant; and

performing the input/output setting an input/output module of on the controller based on the received input/output information.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a setting program that causes a computer of a controller for an industrial automation system to execute a process comprising:

transmitting a request for input/output setting of data to an information processing apparatus;

receiving, from the information processing apparatus, input/output information for at least one of a plurality of input/output channels of the controller, the input/output information defining a physical input/output type that is associated with the at least one of the plurality of input/output channels, the input/output information being associated with the controller that performs control of an associated system including a plurality of field instruments in a plant; and

performing the input/output setting of the controller based on the received input/output information.

10 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires, in a case where the acquisition unit has accepted a request for input/output setting of data in a controller that performs control of an industrial automation system including a plurality of field instruments in a plant, input/output information for at least one of a plurality of input/output channels of the controller, the input/output information defining a physical input/output type that is associated with the at least one of the plurality of input/output channels of the controller and that is associated with the controller; and

a transmission unit that transmits the input/output information to the controller in which the request has been accepted.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein, in a case where the acquisition unit has accepted the request, the acquisition unit refers to a predetermined database that stores therein the input/output information, and acquires the input/output information that is associated with identification information on the controller in which the request has been accepted.

12 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the physical input/output type includes at least one of Analog Input (AI), Analog Output (AO), Digital Input (DI), and Digital Output (DO).

13 . The setting method according to claim 8 , wherein the physical input/output type includes at least one of Analog Input (AI), Analog Output (AO), Digital Input (DI), and Digital Output (DO).

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 9 , wherein the physical input/output type includes at least one of Analog Input (AI), Analog Output (AO), Digital Input (DI), and Digital Output (DO).

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the physical input/output type includes at least one of Analog Input (AI), Analog Output (AO), Digital Input (DI), and Digital Output (DO).