Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Dirk Langkafel

Ronald Lange

Georg Biehler

Dieter Eckardt

Norbert Becker

Helmut Windl

Ralf Leins

Matthias Diezel

Karsten Schneider

Albrecht Donner

Harald Herberth

Elmar Thurner

Ulrich Welz

Manfred Krämer

Jürgen Schmoll

Walter Möller-Nehring

Juergen Schmoll

J&uuml;rgen Schmoll

Manfred Kraemer

Walter Moeller-Nehring

Thomas Merkl

Walter M&ouml;ller-Nehring

Manfred Kr&auml;mer

The invention relates to a system and a method for tracing and evaluating the communication of software applications, especially MES applications in an entire system. The tracing and evaluation can be carried out progressively or step-by-step on a project level, an adapter level and a port level, i.e. individual communication connections and individual applications, but the entire project is also traced by (even heterogeneous) application environments. The tracing and evaluation mechanisms enable higher-level services to access online the archived trace and error data at all times. An example of one such service is the generation of a report in the pharmaceutical field, indicating the materials used and sent in production orders.

System and method for tracing and/or evaluating the exchange of information

An automation system includes at least one automation object, with a directory for storing object names of the at least one automation object. An object name is assigned a directory entry which includes first information data as a reference to the automation object; second information data as a description of technological functionality; and third information data as a description of interfaces of the automation object. This results in immediate and permanent access to currently created (partial) solutions, so that parallel and/or distributed working on automation objects is possible.

Automation system with automation objects with a directory structure and method for the management of automations objects in a directory structure

An automation system with at least one automation object having a first component for generating a system functionality, a second component for generating a base functionality, and a third component for managing at least one module. Each module has a first module component for generating a system functionality, a second module component for generating a base functionality and a third module component for generating a technological functionality.

Automation system with automation objects consisting of module components

A system and method for projecting the transformation of object trees, especially in MES systems, wherein the course object tree and target object tree are represented in a common meta-object model of a software system, especially a framework. The source object tree is transformed into the target object tree by adjustment. Transformation occurs directly in the object of the meta-object model, thereby enabling communication between connected applications by means of pure data exchange.

System and method for projecting transformations of object trees

The invention relates to a method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data from installations. The engineering and runtime objects are described by a uniform object model. This allows the correspondence between engineering objects and runtime objects to be determined at object level and no information is lost as a result of the mapping. In addition, a direct communication between engineering and runtime objects can take place, which can be utilized when the method is carried out.

Method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data of systems

Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF meaning industrial framework) by using wrappers and/or adapters and, as a result, can be manipulated in a uniformly homogenous manner in the framework. The invention is advantageous in that the very heterogeneous structures of the applications are depicted on a common model and can be comfortably and easily used by a user by means of generic mechanisms. That is to say that the effort of programming is eliminated and, as a result, this communication can be easily projected by establishing a so-called connection.

System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications

The present invention relates to an automation system with at least one automation module (1), which has at least one automation object (A -An), and with function modules (F F ), which contain means for central management and maintenance of the automation objects (A An). As a result, a manufacturer-independent definition of new automation objects, possibly using already existing automation objects, becomes possible, costly separate programming of new automation solutions is no longer necessary at all or is at least significantly simplified.

Automation system with reusable automation objects and method for reusing automation solutions in engineering tools

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Dirk Langkafel