Method for the configuration of a control device

A system for configuring a control device in an automation system, comprising:

• a flexibly expandable hardware structure;
• and
• a programming tool connected to the hardware structure and the control device, the programming tool being configured to transmit a user or control program and configuration files to the control device, and store the control project in memory,
• wherein the control project maps hardware devices of the automation system to the control project and a combination of hardware devices of the automation system to one another,
• wherein the programming tool is configured to register modifications of the provided hardware devices using software “FlexConf.ini” as modification information and, set the control device to a mode “control with flexible configuration” via a parameter “FlexControl” using a parameter unit, determine a type for the transmission of the modification information in the parameter “FlexControl”, transmit the modification software with the modification information stored therein in accordance with the transmission type set in the parameter “FlexControl” to the control device,
• wherein the control device is configured with the control program, the configuration files, the modification software with the modification information contained therein, and an adaptation of the transmitted configuration data to the transmitted modification information, to establish copy lists for inputs and outputs of the used hardware devices in accordance with the stored modification information such that the hardware devices are parameterzied and the control device transitions into a “RUN” operating mode.

A computer readable medium for performing a method of configuring a control device in an automation system, having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, the hardware structure including a programming tool, which is connected to the control device and transmits a user or control program and configuration files, and in the programming tool a control project with hardware devices of the automation system being included in the control project and a combination of the hardware devices of the automation system among one another is mapped, which when the computer readable medium is placed in communicable contact with a processor of the programming tool, causes the programming tool to perform the steps of:

• registering modifications of the hardware devices using modification software “FlexConf.ini” as modification information;
• setting the control device to be connected to the programming tool to Control with flexible configuration mode, using a parameter “FlexControl”;
• determining a type for the transmission of the modification information in the parameter “FlexControl”;
• storing the modification software with the modification information in accordance with a transmission type previously set in the parameter “FlexControl” for transmission to the control device;
• and
• transmitting, to the control device, the user or control program, the configuration files, and the modification software with the modification information contained therein, to establish copy lists for inputs and outputs of the hardware structure used, parameterize the hardware structure, and place the control device into a “RUN” operating mode.