Inventors:
Gregory Karklins - Johnson City TN, US
James C. Rittenhouse - Gray TN, US
James W. Cornett - Bluff City TN, US
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc. - Alpharetta GA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
G06F 15/16
G05B 15/00
Abstract:
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and rendering, to a user of the non-PLC information device, the PLC network as a node of a network. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and searching the PLC network for at least one item corresponding to one or more search parameters.