Method for deploying a migratable application for a programmable logic controller

A data processing device configured to deploy a migratable application for a programmable logic controller, the data processing device configured to:

• convert an application of the programmable logic controller to a general-purpose programming language;
• modify the converted application using the general-purpose programming language to generate at least one access module to make access of the converted application to at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator possible;
• compile the modified application into a bytecode format in order to deploy the migratable application;
• execute the migratable application and the application in order to provide an output of the migratable application and an output of the application;
• validate the migratable application based on a comparison of the output of the migratable application with the output of the application in order to provide a validation result;
• and
• deploy the validated migratable application on the programmable logic controller, wherein the deployment depends on the validation result.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which are stored instructions deploying a migratable application for a programmable logic controller, the instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:

• converting an application of the programmable logic controller to a general-purpose programming language;
• modifying the converted application using the general-purpose programming language to generate at least one access module to make access of the converted application to at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator possible;
• compiling the modified application into a bytecode format in order to deploy the migratable application;
• executing the migratable application and the application in order to provide an output of the migratable application and an output of the application;
• validating the migratable application based on a comparison of the output of the migratable application with the output of the application in order to provide a validation result;
• and
• deploying the validated migratable application on the programmable logic controller, wherein the deployment depends on the validation result.