Device and method for programming and/or executing programs for industrial automation systems

A method for programming and/or executing programs for industrial automation systems, comprising:

• providing a computer unit with input aids, output aids and a display device, having modules and functions respectively representing sub-tasks of an automation solution being modeled and/or created using the input aids and optionally the display device, having the modules and functions being structured and networked using the input aids and optionally the display device as to form a hierarchical tree as a machine-independent program,
• wherein the machine-independent program is loaded in the form of a hierarchical tree into the corresponding components of the automation system and the corresponding components of the automation system execute the or each machine-independent program present in the form of at least one hierarchical tree.

A Computer program implementing a method, comprising:

• providing a computer unit with input aids, output aids and a display device, having modules and functions respectively representing sub-tasks of an automation solution being modeled and/or created using the input aids and optionally the display device, having the modules and functions being structured and networked using the input aids and optionally the display device as to form a hierarchical tree as a machine-independent program,
• wherein the machine-independent program is loaded in the form of a hierarchical tree into the corresponding components of the automation system and the corresponding components of the automation system execute the or each machine-independent program present in the form of at least one hierarchical tree.