Measured value standardization

A method for controlling and/or monitoring a modular compressor system comprising a plurality of components including at least one compressor, at least one peripheral device, and a control/monitoring unit, wherein the at least one compressor and the at least one peripheral device are arranged or connected in a certain configuration, at least one of the components being an exchangeable component, the method comprising steps of:

• (a) capturing measured values within the modular compressor system or the components in a measured-value-capture step, wherein the measured values comprise one or more physical and/or logical variables selected from:
• (1) values captured by sensors within the modular compressor system or within the components,
• (2) values captured by sensors outside of the modular compressor system,
• (3) actuator positions,
• (4) ready states of machines,
• (5) operating states, and
• (6) control variables;
• (b) allocating context information to said captured measured values in an allocation step in advance, simultaneously, or after the measured-value capture step to standardize the measured values, wherein an allocation table or one or more basis models are stored in a memory and used to allocate the context information to said captured measured values automatically, wherein the context information comprises one or more of the following:
• (1) one or more locations of a measured-value capture and/or
• (2) a medium that the measured value refers to;
• and
• (c) in a utilization step controlling, monitoring or diagnosing said at least one compressor or said at least one peripheral device of said modular compressor system by the control/monitoring unit according to controlling, monitoring and diagnosing routines, wherein said controlling, monitoring or diagnosing is performed on the basis of said captured measured values with allocated context information
• wherein the control/monitoring unit is coupled with at least one exchangeable component, and wherein the exchangeable component is exchangeable in terms of controlling, monitoring and diagnosing by modification of the exchangeable component's allocated context information stored in the memory without modifying said controlling, monitoring and diagnosing routines.