Component-based automation
AssigneeSiemens Corporate Research, Inc.
InventorsRalph Buesgen, Edwin Prince, Chellury Sastry, Peng Zhao, Georg Biehler, Richard Miceli
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprises describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs, generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the component as the plurality of inputs and outputs, updating the vendor-independent component description file to include vendor-specific hardware information and hardware control logic, and creating the component based on an updated vendor-specific component description.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprising:
- describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs;
- generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the component as the plurality of inputs and outputs;
- updating the vendor-independent component description file to include vendor-specific hardware information and hardware control logic;
- and
- creating the component based on an updated vendor-specific component description.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for generating a description of a component of an automation system, the method steps comprising:
- describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs;
- generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the component as the plurality of inputs and outputs;
- updating the vendor-independent component description file to include vendor-specific hardware information and hardware control logic;
- and
- creating the component based on an updated vendor-specific component description.
A method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprising:
- describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs to the automation system;
- generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the component as the plurality of inputs and outputs;
- selecting hardware for creating the component according to the description of the component as the plurality of inputs and outputs;
- updating the vendor-independent component description file to include vendor-specific hardware information and hardware control logic corresponding to the hardware for creating the component;
- and
- creating the component using the hardware based on an updated vendor-specific component description.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.