Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Ralf Leins

Ronald Lange

Georg Biehler

Harald Herberth

Norbert Becker

Dieter Eckardt

Helmut Windl

Dirk Langkafel

Matthias Diezel

Karsten Schneider

Albrecht Donner

Ulrich Welz

Jürgen Schmoll

Stefan Nitzsche

Klaus Meusser

Ulrich Braun

Manfred Krämer

Juergen Schmoll

Peter Wagner

Markus Weinländer

Horst Walz

Oliver Thurau

Walter Möller-Nehring

Luca Antonio Bortoloso

Diamantis Gikas

J&uuml;rgen Schmoll

Thomas Reuter

Bernhard Gaissmaier

Mario Minigutti

Klaus Pechmann

George-Chiao-Chi Lo

Walter M&ouml;ller-Nehring

Manfred Kr&auml;mer

Manfred Kraemer

Walter Moeller-Nehring

Stefan Bamberger

Michael Göck

Maurizio Pazzini

Michael Kerndlmaier

The invention relates to a system and a method for providing specifications for a project, in particular for an engineering project for creating an automation solution. The system comprises first means for creating a file containing the specifications and at least one project planning environment for creating a solution on the basis of the specifications, with the file containing the specifications being imported into the at least one project planning environment as meta knowledge. A simple provision of specifications to be used for a project is hereby enabled.

System and method for rule-based distributed engineering

An automation system with a plurality of communicatively connected automation devices is disclosed. One of the connected automations devices serves as a domain controller and holds centrally in a memory data required for operation for the automation system and the automation devices. Hitherto frequently occurring multiple storage of such data is eliminated, the data is available at a central location for access by all the automation devices, and the domain controller, as a central data server, ensures consistency of the data administered and provided by it, which also permits access optimizations, such as e.g. device-, access- or structure-dependent temporary storage strategies.

Automation system and method for operating such an automation system

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

The invention relates to a system and a method for integrated development of projects of different levels, especially of automation projects in the MES and Controls area. The integrated development is facilitated by the use of uniform models. In this case a first project planning solution, especially an automation solution at the control level, is created in a first project planning environment (), a second project planning solution, especially a solution for coordination of processes and/or execution sequences of the first project planning solution, is created in at least a second project planning environment () with a common data and/or object model being used by the project planning environments at least for the creation of the project planning solutions of the project planning environments and data and/or objects being identified in one of the two project planning solutions for use in the other project planning solution in each case.

Integration of MES and controls engineering

The invention relates to a system and a method for managing and/or providing elements, in particular technological objects. The system enables elements, in particular technological objects, to be reused in the development of a project engineering solution. Here, at least one element is created, in particular by a user of the system, with the at least one element serving as a template for the generation of an exemplar as an image or a plurality of exemplars as images of the element. The created elements are stored in a library and an exemplar of a stored element is created, the exemplar being used in the development of a solution, in particular an automation solution.

System and method for reusing project engineering data

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

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

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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