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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Stutz, Mathias Maurmaier
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A functional module includes at least one technical object for performing a technical process, a control unit which control the technical object based on previously determined rules and interconnections that are being permanently stored in the control unit, a communication unit which interchanges data with external communication partners, wherein the functional module has a configurable logic unit which uses the communication unit to receive additional, variably predefinable rules and interconnections from an external communication partner and to take the additional, variably predefinable rules and interconnections as a basis for supplementing the rules and interconnections previously determined in the control unit with respect to an interaction of the functional module with at least one further functional module.
A functional module, comprising:
A method for operating a functional module in a technical installation, the functional module comprising at least one technical object which implements a technical process, a control unit which controls the at least one technical object based on predetermined rules and interconnections, a communication unit which is configured to exchange data with external communication partners, and a configurable logic unit, the method comprising:
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