Engineering system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBenjamin Lutz
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Abstract
An engineering system for planning an automation entity, wherein the engineering system is configured to store and display first objects for at least one automation device and second objects for at least one operator system in a structured manner in accordance with a technological hierarchy, and to generate from the first objects first runtime data for loading into the automation device and from the second objects second runtime data for loading into the operator system, and wherein components of the first runtime data are operatively connected to components of the second runtime data such that it is possible to distinguish between a planning error and the consequences of a delta loading of runtime data.
Claims4
An engineering system for planning an automation entity, the system comprising:
- a processor including memory;
- and
- at least one display;
- wherein the engineering system is configured to:
- store in the memory and display on the a least one display first objects for at least one automation device and second objects for at least one operator system in a structured manner in accordance with a technological hierarchy;
- generate from the first object, via the processor, first runtime data for loading into the automation device and from the second objects, via the processor, second runtime data for loading into the operator system, components of the first runtime data being operatively connected to components of the second runtime data;
- wherein the engineering system is further configured to:
- generate, from objects displayed in the technological hierarchy and selected by a user, via the processor, a table or overview display containing selected objects and showing the user which components of the first runtime data are operatively connected to which components of the second runtime data;
- load, from the memory, at least one of (i) components of the first runtime data of the components selected by the user in the table or the overview display into the automation device and (ii) components of the second runtime data of the components selected by the user in the table or the overview display into the at least one operator system;
- and
- wherein changes with respect to a delta loading are limited to individual devices during activation of new automation functionalities at runtime such that anticipated side-effects are displayed in advance during planning of the automation entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.