Operating method for an automation engineering component, and an automation engineering component

An operating method for an automation engineering component, comprising:

• executing a boot program by a central processor of the component on the occurrence of a start condition, the boot program being stored in a boot memory of the component;
• communicating by the central processor with a server;
• receiving a system program by the central processor from the server;
• saving the received system program by the central processor in a system memory;
• executing the system program by the central processor;
• and
• communicating by the central processor with an input/output device connected to the central processor, wherein the input/output device is actively connected to an industrial technical process.

An automation engineering component, comprising:

• a central processor;
• a boot memory;
• a boot program stored in the boot memory;
• and
• a system memory,
• wherein, on the occurrence of a start condition, the central processor executes the boot program,
• wherein, as a result of executing the boot program, the central processor is able to communicate with a server, to receive a system program from the server, and to save the received system program in the system memory,
• wherein the central processor then executes the system program, and
• wherein the boot program is configured such that it is not possible, as a result of executing solely the boot program, for the central processor to communicate with an input/output device to an industrial technical process.