Computer-Implemented Method for Configuring a Sub-System of a Plant

A computer-implemented method for configuring a sub-system of an industrial plant, the sub-system comprising at least one sensor, at least one actuator and at least one programmable logic controller (PLC), the method comprising:

• storing a description of the at least one sensor in a database;
• storing a description of the at least one actuator in the database;
• storing a PLC-list comprising a description of the at least one PLC in the database;
• writing a controller program, the controller program describing an action of the at least one actuator caused by the at least one sensor;
• selecting, based on the database and the controller program, a PLC of the PLC-list, which functionally connects the sensor and the actuator;
• generating an application for controlling the selected PLC based on the selected PLC and the controller program;
• and
• transferring the application to the selected PLC, thus configuring and/or functionally connecting the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator of the sub-system.