An embedded control system for a field device of an automation system includes: a diagnostic application interface to a backend server for signal analytics information, complex event pattern information, and diagnostic information; a physical process interface to a signal source for transferring signal data; a signal evaluation component for comparing received signal analytics information with received signal data to identify a first and a second event; an event processing component for applying received event pattern information to the first and second identified events to identify a first classified event; and a diagnostic reasoning component for deriving causal dependencies between the first classified event and a further classified event with regard to diagnostic information to identify a root cause for the first classified event or predict an impact of the first classified event.
Smart embedded control system for a field device of an automation system