Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Aktiengesselschaft

Peter Wagner

Regina Schmitt

Martin Kiesel

Georg Trummer

Uwe Ladra

Raimund Kram

Ronald Lange

Johannes Birzer

Michael Schlereth

Harald Herberth

Tino Heber

Ralf Leins

Horst Walz

Hartmut Linke

Elmar Schaefers

Jürgen Büssert

Ulrich Braun

Juergen Schmoll

Jens Ansgar Rosenberg

Andreas Polz

Rainer Möhring

Klaus Pechmann

George-Chiao-Chi Lo

Andreas Potz

Jochen Schlinkert

Jörg Vollmann

A method for operating a technical system, an apparatus and method for determining a movement profile, control apparatus and the actual technical system that includes at least one drive to move at least one axis, wherein at least one optimized movement profile of the axis is calculated with the aid of an optimization method that calculates an optimized movement profile with reference to preset points of a movement profile and/or preset regions of the movement profile, where for simplified and particularly understandable use, the optimization method includes physical boundary conditions from the start of the optimization method, where the use and initialization of the technical system by the user is made more understandable, for example, and where the optimized movement profile is used to control the at least one drive of the technical system.

Method for operating a technical system, control apparatus, computer program product and the technical system

A method for debugging flowchart based computer programs for industrial controllers, in particular motion controllers, wherein suspend commands are assigned to the graphical elements. Through the use of a task control mechanism in the run time system, the user may debug the program on the flowchart level, using a single-step mode and/or a breakpoint mode.

Method for debugging flowchart programs for industrial controllers

The access to control data in a run-time system is configured more flexibly where the project data from a control program and the current values from a machine to be controlled are stored in the run-time system in the XML or HTML format. The data can be made available independent of location and for standard browsers via a web server integrated into the run-time system.

Generating XML pages from project data from an automation component and storing them in a run-time system

The invention relates to a system and a method for providing information in an automation system, which permits scaled access to said information. The system contains storage means for storing information in the form of an information hierarchy, whereby said storage means form hierarchical tiers and to enhance the information the system comprises first storage means of lower-level hierarchical tiers for the provision of information to second storage means of higher-level hierarchical tiers. The system also contains an engineering system for generating the information from projected information of the automation system and for the automatic projection of the storage means and access means, for accessing the stored information.

Provision of information in an automation system

The invention relates to a device, an engineering system and method for providing project data and/or project planning data of an automation project or of a component in a format which is defined by a standardized meta language, in particular XML. By converting project data and/or project planning data with a proprietary format into data with a format which is defined by a standardized meta language, in particular XML, and by providing this data with a defined format, external computer program products or tools which map onto data with the defined format can read-in, analyze, display and/or process this data without having to convert the project data and/or project planning data into a format which the respective computer program product or tool can read or process. By converting data with a defined format into data with a proprietary format, it is possible to make available data generated by external computer program products or tools to the automation project. As a result, the generation and modification of control programs can be considerably simplified and speeded up.

Provision of project and/or project planning data of an automation project in a format which is defined by a standardized meta language, in particular XML

Flexible extension of a control system needs to be possible without touching the original object model and hence the control software. To this end, the invention proposes attaching data elements which contain registration information for existing and newly added tools to object data. An object type can then be instantiated selectively for the existing or new tools. This allows extensions to be instantiated subsequently without affecting the essence of the existing object model.

Addon mechanism for a control system based on a type data field

The operation of automation components is to be configured conveniently. Consequently, use is made of generally available IT units, for example PDA or mobile radio telephones, as simple HMI (Human Machine Interface). In this case, the nearest automation component can be displayed visually to the operator. The processing of conversion processes or service routines can be controlled by workflows. Furthermore, personalized or unit-specific access rights can be awarded.

Device and process for operation of automation components

A method and a device for graphical programming of industrial controllers, in particular motion controllers where a user is supported with regard to programmable controller functionality as well as with regard to motion functionality. A structured textual language is generated from graphical motion control flowcharts and converted in a processor-independent pseudo-code. Only the latter is loaded into the controller and converted to executable code.

Flowchart programming for industrial controllers, in particular motion controllers

A method for graphical programming of industrial controllers, in particular motion controllers, that automatically generates suitable graphical elements and respective masks in motion control flowchart notation from user-defined structured text subprograms of a structured textual language.

The embodiment of a respective application-specific call code, necessary in the existing art, as an external control element implemented in a separate component is described. The external control element is usable in any desired containers without thereby modifying the containers themselves or even knowing them at the time the external control element is designed. This may be used in data or information transmission systems, in particular process visualization systems. The components are implemented as software components, in particular as so-called ActiveX controls.

Data visualization with independent data-utilization and data-supplying components

In order to simplify the HMI design of HMI surfaces for operating and observing automation components with the aid of an HMI unit, HMI data are derived directly from the engineering process. The generation of relevant HMI data is therefore integrated in the operation for commissioning, designing and programming an automation component such that HMI information is also generated by simple operating actions or in an automated fashion in normal engineering.

Apparatus and method for generating a human machine interface

The present invention relates to an automation system in which a functionality of at least two components from a programmable logic controller which can be regulated as required and/or from a drive controller which regulates rotation speed and/or position, and/or from a motion controller which regulates complex operations is integrated. The integrated controller constructed in this way can additionally have a single processor equipped with every functionality, further specific interfaces incorporation of engineering system and runtime system (RS) into the integrated controller, a web server functionality, a project data configuration using a single control action and an integrated, extensive data management unit (DM).

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