Development system for process control systems as well as associated method and computer program product

A system for process control system, comprising:

• a first computer;
• a first computer program that provides the process control system-specific functionality of a controller and is loaded into the process-oriented component of a process control system and executed;
• and
• a second computer program that is executable on the first computer, for controlling and/or regulating a process and the second computer program is embodied to execute a realtime-capable program code of a control algorithm for the controller on the first computer and to exchange data with the first computer program residing in a process control system.

A method for developing a program for a process control system, comprising:

• providing a first computer program within a process-oriented component of a process control system, the first computer program providing the process control system-specific functionality of a controller;
• providing a second computer program on a first computer, the second computer program including an actual algorithm for the controller;
• and
• simultaneously executing the first and the second computer program while reciprocally exchanging data for controlling and/or regulating a process.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium;
• a computer program stored on the computer readable medium so that when the program is loaded into an internal memory of a computer a method is executed for developing a program for a process control system, comprising:
• providing a first computer program within a process-oriented component of a process control system, the first computer program providing the process control system-specific functionality of a controller;
• providing a second computer program on a first computer, the second computer program including an actual algorithm for the controller;
• and
• simultaneously executing the first and the second computer program while reciprocally exchanging data for controlling and/or regulating a process.