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US 12,314,037 · App. 17/502,926 · Granted May 27, 2025

Systems and methods for associating modules in a software defined control system for industrial process plants

Inventors: Anthony Amaro, Jr. (Cedar Park, TX); Mark J. Nixon (Thorndale, TX)
Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC
G05B19/41835G06F1/26G06F21/53G05B2219/31121G06F2221/2149
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Patent No.
US 12,314,037
App. No.
17/502,926
Filed
Oct 15, 2021
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2115
USPC
700/19
Abstract

A process control system includes a plurality of field devices operating to control a process in a process plant. A communication infrastructure couples the plurality of field devices to a software-defined control system (SDCS) that receives data from the field devices and transmits instructions to the field devices. A data cluster, executing the SDCS, includes a plurality of compute nodes, each of which includes a processor executing an operating system, a memory, and a communication resource coupled to one or more other compute nodes in the data cluster. A plurality of instantiated containers, each of which is an isolated execution environment within the operating system of the compute node on which the container is instantiated, cooperate to facilitate execution of a control strategy in the SDCS. At least one of the containers in the SDCS is pinned to a component in the SDCS.

Claims (38)

1. An industrial process control system comprising:

a plurality of process control field devices operating to control a physical process in an industrial process plant;

a communication infrastructure communicatively coupling the plurality of process control field devices to a software-defined control system that receives data from the plurality of the process control field devices and transmits instructions to the plurality of process control field devices;

a data cluster comprising a plurality of compute nodes, the data cluster executing the software-defined control system, each compute node comprising:

a processor executing an operating system;

a memory; and

a communication resource coupled to one or more other compute nodes in the data cluster;

a plurality of instantiated containers, each of the plurality of instantiated containers being an isolated execution environment executing within the operating system of a one of the plurality of compute nodes on which the container is instantiated, the plurality of instantiated containers cooperating to facilitate execution of a control strategy in the software-defined control system;

wherein a first container of the plurality of containers is pinned to a component of the software-defined control system, and

wherein a second container, executing a service identical to a service executing in the first container, is pinned to a different component of the software-defined control system than the component to which the first container is pinned.

2. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of instantiated containers corresponds to a level of a hierarchical structure of the industrial process plant.

3. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of instantiated containers includes a service executing within the container.

4. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises an I/O server service.

5. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises a controller service.

6. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises an historian service.

7. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises a distributed alarm subsystem service.

8. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises a diagnostic subsystem service.

9. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises a third-party service.

10. An industrial process control system according to claim 3 , wherein the service executing within the container comprises a security service.

11. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component of the software-defined control system is another one of the plurality of containers.

12. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of containers is instantiated within the first container.

13. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first container is instantiated within at least one of the plurality of containers.

14. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a container instantiated within the first container.

15. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a container within which the first container is instantiated.

16. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is the data cluster.

17. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a compute node of the data cluster.

18. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a processor of a compute node of the data cluster.

19. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a processor core of a processor of a compute node of the data cluster.

20. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a container in which an input/output (I/O) server service executes.

21. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is one of the plurality of process control field devices.

22. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a physical I/O interface.

23. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a rack or a server within the rack in the data cluster.

24. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a power supply providing power to at least a portion of the data cluster.

25. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the control strategy includes transmitting messages to the plurality of process control field devices and receiving messages from the plurality of process control field devices.

26. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the control strategy comprises receiving process data from the plurality of process control field devices, inputting the received data into one or more control loops to generate control outputs, and transmitting the control outputs to the plurality of process control field devices to cause the process control field devices to control the physical process in the industrial process plant.

27. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second components are different processors in the data cluster.

28. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second components are different compute nodes in the data cluster.

29. An industrial process control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second components are different power supplies providing power to compute nodes in the data cluster.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: AMARO, ANTHONY, JR; NIXON, MARK J.
To: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057881/0587 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63211535 · Jun 16, 2021
Related Publication 20220404808A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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