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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGeorg Biehler, Matthias Diezel, Christine Gimpl-Wiegers, Werner Hoefler, Ronald Lange, Pablo Munoz Ibarra, Hans-Peter Otto
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For complex automation tasks, it is generally known to program programmable control units using graphics languages. However, a problem in this regard is that such graphics languages show either only the sequence of operations over time or only the interaction of the objects (1-3). A novel language, particularly involving the use of a sequence chart diagram, is proposed to display and program the object interaction and its sequence over time in a single common representation. To this end, an additional control element (4) is provided for controlling the addressing and the sequence of the object interactions over time.
A programming tool for at least one of creating and displaying programs to control a flow of a process using a graphics language for simultaneous representation in a diagram, on a display device, of a sequence over time and interactions of objects that are involved in the control of the process, wherein a coordination element is provided, which manages the sequence over time and the interactions of the objects involved.
A method for programming and representing a program run for at least one of open-loop and closed-loop control of a process, using at least one programmable controller, in which a graphics language is used to implement a process capable of being represented by objects and object interactions, comprising:
A programming tool for creating and providing a graphic representation in a diagram of programs that control the flow of a process, comprising:
A programming tool as claimed in 33, wherein the coordination element determines at least one of the instant of each call and the addressee of each call.
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