Method and system for operating a machine from the field of automation engineering

A system for operating a machine from the field of automation engineering, comprising:

• an operating unit having a display screen,
• an external computing device running communication server software, and
• a control device associated with the machine and configured to transfer operating inputs entered at the operating unit and an identification code via a data network to the communication server software running on the external computing device,
• wherein the communication server software is configured to determine, based on the identification code, MMI application software associated with the machine and with the operating inputs,
• wherein the communication server software is further configured to transfer the operating inputs to the associated determined MMI application software running on the external computing device or on an additional external computing device,
• wherein the associated MMI application software is configured to determine visualization data based on the operating inputs, with the visualization data specifying a graphical output image to be represented on the display screen,
• wherein the system is configured to transfer the visualization data via the communication server software and the data network to the control device, and
• wherein the control device is configured to represent the graphical output image on the display screen based on the visualization data.

A device for operating a machine from the field of automation engineering, comprising communication server software and MMI (machine-machine-interface) application software running on the device,

• wherein the communication server software is configured to receive via a data network operating inputs entered at an operating unit of the machine and an identification code,
• wherein the communication server software is configured to determine, based on the identification code, MMI application software associated with the machine and with the operating inputs,
• wherein the communication server software is further configured to transfer the operating inputs to the determined MMI application software running on the external computing device or on an additional external computing device,
• wherein the MMI application software is configured to determine visualization data based on the operating inputs, with the visualization data specifying a graphical output image to be represented on the display screen, and
• wherein the device is configured to transfer the visualization data via the communication server software and the data network to the machine.