Method for operating an automation component
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAndreas Schönberger
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Abstract
A method for operating an automation component by a control program having a plurality of control program components, the method including the steps: detecting error events of the control program during an operation of the automation component, downloading a current control program component for error analysis based on error events from a central system, and updating an existing control program component for error analysis by way of the current control program component for error analysis.
Claims11
A method for operating an automation component by a control program comprising a plurality of control program components, having the steps of:
- detecting a fault event or fault events of the control program during operation of the automation component;
- transmitting a device identifier or a device type to a central system;
- selecting a control program component for fault analysis or fault handling based on the transmitted device identifier or the transmitted device type;
- downloading the current control program component for fault analysis from the central system based on the identified fault event or the fault events;
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- updating an existing control program component for fault analysis by the current control program component for fault analysis.
An automation component having a control program comprising a plurality of control program components, having:
- a fault event detection unit for detecting a fault event or fault events of the control program during operation of the automation component, wherein the automation component includes a transmitting device for transmitting a device identifier or a device type to a central system based on the fault event or fault events detected;
- a downloading unit for downloading a current control program component for the fault event or the fault events from the central system based on the fault or fault events detected;
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- an update unit for updating an existing control program component for fault analysis by the current control program component for fault analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.