Programmable controller
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Stripf, Volker Wendel
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Abstract
A programmable controller suitable for use in a globally distrihaired automation network. In addition, a universal management engineering and information system for such a globally distributed automation network is described. It is used in a globally distributed automation network.
Claims8
A programmable controller adapted for controlling an industrial process and coupled to an internet, to which a plurality of devices remote from the programmable controller are also coupled, the controller comprising:
- a processor for running control programs;
- computer memory coupled to the processor for storing control programs to be run on the processor;
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- an internet communications interface coupled to the processor and adapted to permit TCP/IP protocol communication over the internet with one of the plurality of remote devices.
A programmable controller adapted for controlling an industrial process and coupled to a network, to which a plurality of devices remote from the programmable controller are also coupled, the controller comprising:
- a processor for running control programs;
- computer memory coupled to the processor for storing control programs to be run on the processor;
- and
- an internet communications interface coupled to the processor and adapted to permit two-way TCP/IP protocol communication over the internet with one of the plurality of remote devices.
A programmable controller adapted for controlling an industrial process and coupled to a network, to which a plurality of devices remote from the programmable controller are also coupled, the controller comprising:
- a processor for running control programs;
- computer memory coupled to the processor for storing control programs to be run on the processor;
- an internet communications interface coupled to the processor and adapted to permit TCP/IP protocol communication over the internet with one of the plurality of remote devices;
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- an execution system running on the processor for interpreting object-oriented information received over the internet from at least one of the plurality of remote devices.
An industrial automation network comprising a plurality of devices each coupled to an internet, plurality of devices comprising:
- at least one programmable controller;
- and
- at least one of the group consisting of programming units, operating and monitoring devices and workstations;
- each of the plurality of devices comprising an internet communications interface adapted to permit the device to communicate via the TCP/IP protocol communication with at least one of the other devices;
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- the programmable controller comprising a processor having an execution system for interpreting object-oriented information received over the internet from any of the plurality of devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.