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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFelix Kohler, Tobias Gaugler, Wolfgang Fueßlein
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A method and arrangement for providing access of a first computer to at least one application installed on a virtual machine of a second computer via a network connection, wherein at a first step, a Remote Desktop Protocol connection (RDP-C) is established from the first computer to the virtual machine and, at a second step, at least one communication relation of the first computer to an industrial controller is made available to the at least one application as a local communication relation of the application from the virtual machine to the first computer via a virtual channel of the RDP-C connection such that from a user's perspective, only exactly one connection to the virtual machine must be established via the RDP-C, where required back channels can be automatically established and where no security settings must be changed in firewalls or routers.
A method for providing access of a first computer configured as a programming device to at least one application installed on a virtual machine of a second computer including software having a server component and a client component via a network connection, a programming device of an industrial automation arrangement being utilized as the first computer and including software having a server component and a client component, the first computer configured as the programming device being connected to at least one programmable logic controller (PLC) via an automation network, the at least one application accessing the at least one PLC via the first computer configured as the programming device and via a virtual interface connection, the method comprising:
An arrangement comprising:
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