Method for operating an automation system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHermann Jartyn
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Abstract
In a method for operating an automation system having a first central unit and a second central unit connected with one another for communication and several automation devices connected for communication to the second central unit, information relating to a plurality of communication channels arranged between the second central unit and a respective automation device is compiled in a communication data record, and information relating to communication relationships with the plurality of communication channels and the respective automation device that can be accessed via the plurality of communication channels is automatically transmitted to the first central unit, based on a communication data record.
Claims8
A method of operating a manufacturing automation system having at least a first central unit and a second central unit connected to one another for communication and a plurality of manufacturing automation devices connected to the second central unit for communication, the method comprising:
- providing a communication data record identifying a plurality of communication channels providing communication between the second central unit and a respective manufacturing automation device, and
- automatically transmitting, using said communication data record, channel data identifying said plurality of communication channels between the second central unit and said respective manufacturing automation device that can be accessed using said identified plurality of communication channels to the first central unit using said communication data record,
- providing a communication module for the first central unit, said communication module having inputs corresponding to said respective plurality of the communication channels identified in the communication data record that was automatically transmitted to the first central unit by the second central unit,
- transmitting data from the first central unit to said manufacturing automation device connected for communication to the second central unit by transmitting said data from the first central unit to said communication module using an input to said communication module corresponding to a respective communication channel of said manufacturing automation device, and
- transmitting said data using the communication channel provided by the communication module to the respective manufacturing automation device using the communication channel data from the communication data record.
A computer program having program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, said program code being adapted to be executed in an automation system having at least first and second central units, said computer program comprising:
- program code configured to provide a communication data record identifying a plurality of communication channels between the second central unit and a respective manufacturing automation device,
- program code configured to automatically transmit, using said communication data record, channel data to the first central unit identifying said plurality of communication channels between the second central unit and said respective manufacturing automation device that can be accessed using said identified plurality of communication channels using said communication data record,
- program code configured to provide a communication module for the first central unit, said communication module having inputs corresponding to said respective plurality of the communication channels identified for the second central unit in the communication data record that was transmitted to by the first central unit,
- program code configured to transmit data from the first central unit to said manufacturing automation device connected to communicate with the second central unit, by transmitting the said data from the first central unit to said communication module using an input to said communication module corresponding to a respective communication channel of said manufacturing automation device, and
- program code configured to transmit said data using the communication module to the respective manufacturing automation device using the communication channel data from the communication data record.
An automation system having at least first and second central units, said automation system comprising:
- a memory including a computer program having program code adapted to be executed by the automation system, and
- a processing unit configured to execute the program code, said computer program including,
- program code configured to provide a communication data record identifying a plurality of communication channels between the second central unit and a respective manufacturing automation device, and
- program code configured to automatically transmit, using said communication data record, channel data to the first central unit identifying said plurality of communication channels between the second central unit and said respective manufacturing automation device that can be accessed using said identified plurality of communication channels using said communication data record,
- program code configured to provide a communication module for the first central unit, said communication module having inputs corresponding to said respective plurality of the communication channels identified for the second central unit in the communication data record that was transmitted by to the first central unit,
- program code configured to transmit data from the first central unit to said manufacturing automation device connected to communicate with the second central unit, by transmitting said data from the first central unit to said communication module using an input to said communication module corresponding to a respective communication channel of said manufacturing automation device, and
- program code configured to transmit said data using the communication module to the respective manufacturing automation device using the communication channel data from the communication data record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.