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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStephan Höme, Steffen Peschmann, Thomas Talanis, Martin Rziha, Harald Albrecht
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A computer network has ports connected to production machines (PM) and communicating with an assigned virtual user interface and a higher-ranking facility located outside the PM. Connection of an additional PM is monitored, in which case a commissioning service automatically assigns a virtual user interface to the additional PM, re-initializes an individual virtual computer network within the computer network and connects the additional PM to the virtual user interface via the re-initialized virtual computer network. Communication between the additional PM and the assigned virtual user interface is isolated from other communications until, a release command is specified. A then activated integration service automatically re-initializes a virtual router for connection to the additional PM via the virtual computer network and configures the re-initialized virtual router such that the additional PM communicates with the higher-ranking facility via the re-initialized virtual router.
An operating method for a computer network having a plurality of ports connected in one-to-one correspondence to respective production machines, with each of the connected production machines communicating via the computer network with a virtual user interface assigned to a respective production machine and with a higher-ranking facility, wherein the virtual user interfaces and the higher-ranking facility are arranged outside the production machines, the method comprising:
A computer program embodied in a non-transitory storage medium and comprising machine code, which, when downloaded to a memory of an administrative component of a computer network having a plurality of ports connected in one-to-one correspondence to respective production machines, with each of the connected production machines communicating via the computer network with a virtual user interface assigned to a respective production machine and with a higher-ranking facility, wherein the virtual user interfaces and the higher-ranking facility are arranged outside the production machines, and executed by the administrative component, causes the administrative component to
An administrative component of a computer network having a plurality of ports connected in one-to-one correspondence to respective production machines, with each of the connected production machines communicating via the computer network with a virtual user interface assigned to a respective production machine and with a higher-ranking facility, wherein the virtual user interfaces and the higher-ranking facility are arranged outside the production machines—wherein the administrative component is programmed with a computer program having machine code embodied in a non-transitory storage medium, wherein the machine code, when loaded into a memory of the administrative component and executed by the administrative component, causes the administrative component to
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