FIELD

The subject disclosure relates to provisioning and commissioning an industrial gateway.

BACKGROUND

This disclosure generally relates to a secure method of provisioning and commissioning an industrial gateway. Gateways in industrial locations may be deployed in various locations and can establish connections with a network and edge assets. They may also require the downloading of specific software or applications to perform their intended use in the field.

The gateways can be deployed in remote locations that do not allow a field technician access to full connectivity while performing installation. Furthermore, a person on-site or repeated trips to the site for installing and troubleshooting devices may incur an increased cost to operation. In addition, common manufacturing processes of gateways prevent a straightforward and secured integration of field devices into the industrial internet of things (IIOT) ecosystem.

Therefore, a need exists for methods and systems of commissioning and provisioning IIOT gateways in a secure and efficient manner, without additional expertise or experience by a person performing the installation of the IIOT gateway.

SUMMARY

This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.

In an embodiment, a method of identifying and verifying an Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) gateway is described. The method includes: sending IIOT gateway information to a bootstrapping system from a backend system wherein the bootstrapping system generates and stores a commissioning token; associating the commissioning token with the backend system; inputting the commissioning token into the IIOT gateway; communicating the IIOT gateway to the bootstrapping system; and identifying and verifying the IIOT gateway with the bootstrapping system.

In an embodiment, a system for commissioning and provisioning an Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) gateway is described. The system includes a backend system and a bootstrapping system in communication with the backend system and configured to receive information on the IOT gateway from the backend system and create a commissioning token wherein the commissioning token is unique to the IIOT gateway.

In an embodiment, a method of automatically identifying a device is described. The method includes detecting a device with an Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) gateway and performing a series of filters of a dictionary of devices using properties of devices in the dictionary of devices and determined properties of the detected device until the detected device is identifiable by the unfiltered devices remaining in the dictionary of devices.

