Method for operating an automation system, computer program for implementing the method and computer system having the computer program
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRudolf Pohlan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for operating an automation system having automation units, a computer program for implementing the method and a computer system having such a computer program, wherein technology-oriented plant description data is stored in the automation system, the plant description data is organized in an object tree with nodes and edges, and wherein the plant description data comprises references to program data in individual automation programs and nodes of the object tree (36) containing references to program data are stored in or at least also in that automation unit which provides the respective program data.
Claims10
A method for operating an automation system having a plurality of automation units and a plurality of automation programs which run on each of the plurality of automation units to at least one of control and monitor a technical process, the method comprising:
- storing technology-oriented plant description data independently of the plurality of automation programs in the automation system;
- organizing the plant description data in an object tree with nodes and edges, the plant description data comprising references to respective program data relating to each automation programs of the plurality of automation programs;
- storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references to the respective program data at least in memory of the automation unit of the plurality of automation units which provides the respective program data, a memory area of the memory for storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references being determined based on a cross-reference table or a look-up table;
- and
- executing each of the plurality of automation programs on the respective automation units of the plurality of automation units to control the technical process such that an automation solution for the technical process and a resultant automation solution is created.
A non-transitory data storage medium encoded with a computer program executing on a processor which, when used on a computer, causes the processor to operate an automation system having a plurality of automation units and a plurality of automation programs which run on each of the plurality of automation units to at least one of control and monitor a technical process, the computer program comprising:
- program code for storing technology-oriented plant description data independently of the plurality of automation programs in the automation system;
- program code for organizing the plant description data in an object tree with nodes and edges, the plant description data comprising references to respective program data relating to each automation programs of the plurality of automation programs;
- program code for storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references to the respective program data at least in memory of the automation unit of the plurality of automation units which provides the respective program data, a memory area of the memory for storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references being determined based on a cross-reference table or a look-up table;
- and
- program code for executing each of the plurality of automation programs on the respective automation units of the plurality of automation units to control the technical process such that an automation solution for the technical process and a resultant automation solution is created.
A computer system encoded with a computer program stored on a non-transitory storage medium and executing on a processor which, when loaded on the computer system, causes the processor to operate an automation system having a plurality of automation units and a plurality of automation programs which run on each of the plurality of automation units to at least one of control and monitor a technical process, the computer program comprising:
- program code for storing technology-oriented plant description data independently of the plurality of automation programs in the automation system;
- program code for organizing the plant description data in an object tree with nodes and edges, the plant description data comprising references to respective program data relating to each automation programs of the plurality of automation programs;
- program code for storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references to the respective program data at least in memory of the automation unit of the plurality of automation units which provides the respective program data, a memory area of the memory for storing the nodes of the object tree containing the references being determined based on a cross-reference table or a look-up table, and
- program code for executing each of the plurality of automation programs on the respective automation units of the plurality of automation units to control the technical process such that an automation solution for the technical process and a resultant automation solution is created.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.