System for developing an application system and implementing thereof

A system comprising:

• a controller;
• a monitor connected with said controller;
• at least one object to be controlled, said object being connected to said controller;
• development means for developing a program for said object;
• implementing means for implementing the program developed by said development means;
• and
• a software module uniquely assigned to said object, wherein said software module is automatically linked to said development means based on information stored on said object, said software module providing an icon procedure for displaying an icon for said object in a display area on said monitor, said software module further providing at least one of
• a description procedure used in said development means for describing a control process for said object, and
• an implementing procedure for implementing the control process developed in said development means for said object, wherein
• said object includes at least one device from which said development means acquires a global unique ID,
• said development means identifies said software module with the global unique ID,
• said development means provides a display area on said monitor in which at least one icon is displayed, the icon representing one of said objects connected to said controller and an object to be connected to said controller,
• said development means provides a development area on said monitor,
• a user copies the icon from the display area onto the development area, thereby developing the program, and
• said implementing means sends messages to and/or receives messages from said object according to the program developed.

A storage medium storing a computer program for execution on a system which comprises

• a controller,
• a monitor connected to said controller,
• at least one object to be controlled, said object being connected to said controller,
• development means for developing a program for said controlled object,
• implementing means for implementing the program developed by said development means, and
• a software module uniquely assigned to said object, wherein the software module is automatically linked to the development means based on information stored on the object, said software module including an icon procedure for displaying an icon for said object in a display area on said monitor, a description procedure for describing a control process for said object, and an implementing procedure for implementing the control process developed for said object,
• said system including said object including at least one device, wherein said software module is stored within said object so that said development means acquires said software module from said controlled object,
• said computer program comprising:
• a first subprocess in which said development means acquires a global unique ID from said device;
• a second subprocess in which said development means identifies said software module with the global unique ID;
• a third subprocess in which said development means provides a display area on the monitor, in which at least one icon is displayed, the icon representing one of said object connected to said controller and an object to be connected to said controller;
• a fourth subprocess in which said development means provides a development area on said monitor;
• and
• a fifth subprocess in which the icon is copied from the display area onto the development area, thereby developing an application program.