Control Database Mediation for Non-Interruptive Controller Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing control systems face inefficiencies in data communication and access, particularly in large-scale distributed systems, where controllers often interrupt each other to retrieve operational parameters, leading to reduced efficiency and cumbersome data access.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a database that facilitates communication between controllers by storing and transmitting holistic state data, allowing controllers to retrieve necessary information without interrupting each other's operations, thereby standardizing communication and improving data transfer efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If controllers directly access each other to retrieve operational parameters, then data communication is achieved, but system efficiency deteriorates due to interruptions and cumbersome access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a database as an intermediary component that mediates data access between controllers. Instead of controllers directly accessing each other (which causes interruptions), they access the database which stores operational parameters. This intermediary approach maintains data communication reliability while eliminating the efficiency losses from direct controller interruptions.
2Device complexity
If controllers operate independently, then controller simplicity is maintained, but system integration deteriorates due to lack of coordinated data access
Solution Approach 1:
The database serves as a universal data access point that multiple controllers can utilize simultaneously. Each controller maintains its independent operation and simplicity, but the database provides a common interface that enables system-wide integration and coordinated data access, allowing the system to function as an integrated whole without increasing individual controller complexity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If synchronous data access is used, then data consistency is maintained, but communication efficiency deteriorates due to coordinated access requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The database is designed to automatically manage data access requests from multiple controllers without requiring coordinated synchronization. Each controller can independently read from and write to the database at its own pace, and the database handles data consistency internally through its own mechanisms, eliminating the need for time-consuming synchronous coordination between controllers.
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AI summary
The embodiments described herein include one embodiment that provides a control method that includes connecting a first controller to a control system; receiving control system configuration data from a database, in which the configuration data comprises holistic state data of a second controller in the control system; and configuring operation of the first controller based at least in part on the configuration data received.