Providing programs for control devices of technical equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for providing programs (12, 14) for control devices of technical equipment (26, 28), in particular machinery and/or plants, wherein, in particular, programs (12, 14) for control devices of electric drive systems are provided. The programs (12, 14) are provided in a software memory (10) managed by software memory management software, wherein the software memory management software comprises access rights management. The access rights of users (30, 32, 34) to access the programs (12, 14) are managed in the managed software memory (10) by means of the access rights management. Users (30, 32, 34) are granted access rights which enable the users (30, 32, 34) to store programs (12, 14) created, in particular by means of a development environment, in the managed software memory. Users (30, 32, 34) are further granted access rights, in particular by a user (30, 32, 34) authorized for this purpose, said access rights enabling the users (30, 32, 34) to use specific programs (12, 14) provided in the software memory (10), in particular to transfer a copy of a specific program (12, 14) provided in the managed software memory (10) onto a control device of technical equipment (26, 28).

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