Method for operating an automation device with a finite state machine which uses a mapping unit to convert state information
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorDieter Eckardt
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Abstract
In a method for operating an automation device having an internal finite state machine, a mapping unit, an internal data interface operatively connected for flow of information between the internal finite state machine and the mapping unit, and the mapping unit operatively connected for flow of the same information between the internal data interface and an external data interface of a communication module, state information of the internal finite state machine is routed to the mapping unit via the internal data interface, separate state information is derived from the state information received by the mapping unit, and the mapping unit then provides the separate state information to a communication unit of the communication module.
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A method for operating an automation device with an internal finite state machine, a mapping unit, an internal data interface operatively connected for flow of information between the internal finite state machine and the mapping unit, and the mapping unit operatively connected for flow of the same information between the internal data interface and an external data interface of a communication module, the method comprising the steps of:
- routing state information of the internal finite state machine to the mapping unit via the internal data interface,
- converting in the mapping unit by way of a linking logic of the mapping unit the state information received by the mapping unit into separate state information, and
- providing with the mapping unit the derived separate state information to a communication unit of the communication module.
An automation device comprising:
- an internal finite state machine,
- a mapping unit comprising a linking logic,
- an internal data interface operatively connected for flow of information between the internal finite state machine and the mapping unit, and
- a communication module having a communication unit connected to an external data interface, wherein the mapping unit is operatively connected between the internal data interface and the communication module for flow of the same information,
- wherein the automation device is configured to
- route state information of the internal finite state machine to the mapping unit via the internal data interface,
- convert in the mapping unit by way of a linking logic of the mapping unit the state information received by the mapping unit into separate state information, and
- provide with the mapping unit the derived separate state information to the communication unit.
A computer program having program code embodied in a non-transitory medium, wherein the program code, when loaded into a memory of an automation device having an internal finite state machine, a mapping unit having linking logic, an internal data interface operatively connected for flow of information between the internal finite state machine and the mapping unit, and the mapping unit operatively connected for flow of the same information between the internal data interface and an external data interface of a communication module, and executed by the automation device, causes the automation device to
- route state information of the internal finite state machine to the mapping unit via the internal data interface,
- convert in the mapping unit by way of a linking logic of the mapping unit the state information received by the mapping unit into separate state information, and
- provide with the mapping unit the derived separate state information to a communication unit of the communication module.
A computer program product having program code stored on a non-transitory machine-readable data carrier, wherein the program code when loaded into a memory of an automation device having an internal finite state machine, a mapping unit having linking logic, an internal data interface operatively connected for flow of information between the internal finite state machine and the mapping unit, and the mapping unit operatively connected for flow of the same information between the internal data interface and an external data interface of a communication module, and executed by the automation device, causes the automation device to
- route state information of the internal finite state machine to the mapping unit via the internal data interface,
- convert in the mapping unit by way of a linking logic of the mapping unit the state information received by the mapping unit into separate state information, and
- provide with the mapping unit the derived separate state information to a communication unit of the communication module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.