Electronic switching apparatus and method for switching autonomous intervention means for automatically redressing malfunctions

Electronic switching apparatus (11) for switching two autonomous emergency intervention systems (10, 12) for automatically redressing malfunctions in locally arranged installations, where a sensor system (301, 302, 303, 304) in an installation can be used to detect a malfunction event in the installation and where transmitted malfunction parameters can be taken as a basis for selecting and activating dedicated intervention means (101, . . . , 105) for specific operation and faults using the first emergency intervention system (10), said intervention means (101, . . . , 105) being able to be used to redress the malfunction in the installation, characterized

• in that the electronic switching apparatus (11) has a bidirectional connection to the first and second autonomous emergency intervention systems (10, 12), the switching apparatus (11) being able to be used to synchronize switching signal parameters (111) between the first emergency intervention system (10) and the second emergency intervention system (11), which switching signal parameters (111) comprise at least one first synchronized signal threshold value parameter (1111) and a second synchronized signal threshold value parameter (1112),
• in that the electronic switching apparatus (11) comprises an incrementable stack memory (112) having a protected memory module (115), the incrementable stack memory (112) having an associated multiplicity of installations (30), and an interface module (117) in the electronic switching apparatus (11) being able to be used to transmit predetermined activation parameters from the installation periodically via a network (50), and the stack memory (112) being able to be incremented in steps on the basis of the transmitted activation parameter, in that the electronic switching apparatus (11) comprises a switching module (116) for enabling the first emergency intervention system (10), the switching module (116) being able to be used to detect a stack memory level value for the stack memory (114) and, if the stack memory level value reaches a defined memory threshold value, to enable the first emergency intervention system (10) for automatically redressing malfunctions using dedicated activation signals from a first activation apparatus (112), with at least portions of said stack memory (114) being associated with the second emergency intervention system (12) by means of the switching apparatus (11) on the basis of the synchronized switching signal parameters (111),
• in that the electronic switching apparatus (11) comprises a filter module (120) having a fault memory module (118) and a fault stack memory (119) for decrementing a predefined fault stack memory value on the basis of the dedicated activation signals, the activation signals being weighted quantitatively in line with the malfunction parameters on the basis of the activation of the intervention means (40) using the first emergency intervention system (10),
• in that when the first synchronized signal threshold value parameter is reached by the fault stack memory value in the fault stack memory (119), the enabling of the first emergency intervention system (10) is interrupted by means of the first activation apparatus (112) in the electronic switching apparatus (11) and the second emergency intervention system (12) is enabled by means of the second activation apparatus (113) in the electronic switching apparatus (11), and in that when the second synchronized signal threshold value parameter is reached by the fault stack memory value, the enabling of the second emergency intervention system (10) is interrupted by means of the second activation apparatus (113) in the electronic switching apparatus (11) and the first emergency intervention system (12) is enabled for redressing malfunctions by means of the first activation apparatus (112).