Filling line for producing foods made of a pasty mass and associated methods

A filling line for producing foods made of a pasty mass and that may be stuffed into casings, the filling line comprising:

• a first filling machine having a first machine controller,
• one or more second filling machines having a second machine controller, which is selectively operable in cooperation with the first filling machine and independently of the first filling machine, and
• a data interface for connecting the first machine controller and the second machine controller for control communication,
• wherein the first machine controller and the second machine controller are configured to be operated reciprocally either in a slave control mode or in a master control mode, depending on a control information provided to at least one of the first machine controller and the second machine controller, and
• wherein the slave control mode transmits read and write rights to the one of the first and second machine controller operated in the master control mode, and the master control mode implements the read and write rights in the one of the first and second machine controller operated in the master control mode.