Control system method for controlling an apparatus or installation
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernhard Quendt, Frank Dittrich Schiller
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Abstract
A control system for controlling an apparatus or installation, wherein at least one first safety function controls the apparatus or installation, where the control system includes a first safety-oriented control device that is configured to perform the at least one first safety function, where the first safety-oriented control device is also configured as a first safety-oriented control application that is implemented in a cloud, and where the first safety oriented control application and the apparatus or installation are communicatively coupled via a first safety-oriented communication connection.
Claims16
A control system for controlling an apparatus or installation, at least one first safety function being provided with respect to controlling the apparatus or installation, the control system comprising:
- a first safety-oriented control device configured to execute at least one first safety function;
- a second safety-oriented control device configured to execute the at least one first safety function;
- wherein the first safety-oriented control device is configured as a first safety-oriented control application implemented in a cloud;
- wherein the first safety-oriented control application and the apparatus or installation are communicatively coupled via a first safety-oriented communication connection, and the second safety-oriented control device and the apparatus or installation are communicatively coupled via a second safety-oriented communication connection;
- wherein the first safety control application is connected to a person protection device via a further safety-oriented communication connection;
- wherein the safety-oriented control application is connected to an environment protection device via an additional safety-oriented communication connection;
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- wherein the first and second safety-oriented control device are configured to execute the at least one first safety function in parallel.
A method for operating a control system for controlling an apparatus or installation, at least one first safety function being provided with respect to controlling the apparatus or installation, the control system comprising:
- a first safety-oriented control device configured to execute at least one first safety function, the first safety-oriented control device being configured as a first safety-oriented control application implemented in a cloud and the first safety-oriented control application and the apparatus or installation being communicatively coupled via a first safety-oriented communication connection;
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- a second safety-oriented control device configured to execute at least one first safety function, the second safety-oriented device and the apparatus or installation being communicatively coupled via a second safety-oriented communication connection, the method comprising:
- transmitting installation information via the first safety-oriented communication connection from the apparatus or installation to the first safety-oriented control application in the cloud and via the second safety-oriented communication connection to the second safety-oriented control device;
- executing the at least one safety function by the first safety-oriented control application utilizing the installation information, a first result being generated;
- executing the at least one safety function by the second safety-oriented control device utilizing the installation information, a second result being generated;
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- transmitting control information for the apparatus or installation from the first safety-oriented control application via the first safety-oriented communication connection to the apparatus or installation;
- wherein the first and second safety-oriented control device are configured to execute the at least one first safety function in parallel;
- wherein the safety control application is connected to a person protection device via a further safety-oriented communication connection;
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- wherein the safety-oriented control application is connected to an environment protection device via an additional safety-oriented communication connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.