Sensor interface engineering

A method for communication between function modules in drive engineering, wherein a first function module has a first sensor interface and a second function module has a second sensor interface, comprising the steps of:

• assigning the first sensor interface functionally to the second sensor interface,
• assigning the first function module to a first automation component,
• assigning the second function module to a second automation component, and
• automatically specifying an address for transfer of sensor data,
• wherein the first function module is an axis module and the second function module is a drive module, with the axis module being based on an axis object which is instantiated, wherein the axis object has descriptive data for the first interface, wherein the instantiated object generates first interface data, wherein the first sensor interface is a first interface datum, and
• wherein the interfaces with which the object is instantiated are defined during instantiation.