Programming device for a network of control nodes and system with such a programming device

A programming device for a network of control nodes, comprising:

• a recording module for determining the control nodes connected to the network,
• a system object module connected to the recording module, the system object module comprising a system object model representing the control-node configuration of the network, the system object module being configured to define the communication relations between the determined control nodes on the basis of the system object model,
• a configuration output module connected to the system object module for transmitting the communication relations between the control nodes in the network to the control nodes, the communication relations being determined by the system object module,
• a system configuration input module connected to the system object module for converting a system description, a product description and a process description into an object model which comprises the system description, the product description and the process description in a standardized format, and
• a device-description input/output module connected to the system object module for inputting and outputting the control node descriptions,
• wherein the system object module is configured to combine the object model which comprises the system description, the product description and the process description in a standardized format with the control node descriptions to form the system object model.