Modular machine and corresponding method for dynamically configuring the topology of said machine
OwnerMikro Danz, Johannes Extrainventors
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method for dynamic configuration of a modular machine, whose modules are interconnected and connected to a control unit via a communications network is provided in order to facilitate the modification of a machine configuration in automated systems. According to the method, during the operation of the machine, one of the communications partners determines the communications partners in the communications network. The communications partner then generates a suitable communications configuration and activates said configuration. This permits the communications configuration or design to be automatically executed, even during the operation of the machine.
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A method for dynamically configuring a modular machine having machine modules connected to one another and connected to a control device via a communications network, comprising:
- determining a second communications partner in the communications network via a first communications partners while the second communications partner is in operation;
- generating a suitable communications configuration via the first communications partner;
- and
- activating the generated communications configuration during the runtime of the machine.
A method for putting a modular machine having machine modules into service, comprising:
- configuring an interaction of the machine modules prior to a startup of the modular machine via an engineering system for solving an automation task without taking into account the communications topology of the individual machine modules;
- and
- dynamically configuring a communications network,
- wherein the machine modules are interconnected
A modular machine, comprising
- a plurality of machine modules;
- a control device for controlling the machine modules in an open- or closed-loop manner;
- and
- a communications network with which the control device and the machine modules are interconnected for communication,
- wherein communications partners in the communications network are determined and a suitable communications configuration is generated and activated during runtime, and
- wherein the communications partners are determine via one of the plurality of machine modules or via the control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.