Industrial Add-On Function Compilation for Secure Library Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional industrial control systems face challenges in integrating add-on functions with open system libraries and require extensive and disruptive processes for code tailoring, limiting user flexibility and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The development of systems and methods that facilitate the creation and management of add-on functions within industrial devices, allowing users to define and compile functions with specific names, parameters, and return types, and protect them with security techniques, enabling integration with libraries and execution within industrial devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional industrial control systems integrate add-on functions with open system libraries, then user flexibility and functionality are improved, but the integration process becomes extensive and disruptive
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the integration process into distinct phases: add-on function definition, object file compilation, security protection, and controlled transmission. This segmentation allows each phase to be handled independently, reducing the overall complexity of integration while maintaining user flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary compilation and distribution mechanism that acts as a mediator between user-defined functions and the industrial control device. The object file serves as an intermediary artifact that bridges the gap between high-level function definitions and executable code, simplifying the integration process.
2Reliability
If add-on functions are compiled and protected with security techniques, then code protection and security are improved, but the implementation process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Security protection is applied in advance during the object file compilation phase, before the code is transmitted to or executed in the industrial control device. This preliminary application of security measures ensures code protection without adding complexity to the runtime implementation or device execution processes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users define and compile add-on functions with specific parameters, then functionality and customization are improved, but the development process requires more steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to self-define add-on functions with custom names, parameters, and return types through an automated compilation process. The compiler automatically processes user definitions and generates object files, eliminating the need for manual code writing and reducing development time while maintaining full customization capability.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for facilitating add-on functions for employment with an industrial device. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive, via a user interface, a user input defining an add-on function. The electronic processor may be configured to compile an object file for the add-on function. The electronic processor may be configured to control access to the object file for executing the add-on function. The electronic processor may be configured to receive a request for the object file. The electronic processor may be configured to transmit the object file for executing the add-on function.