Beckhoff Automation Gmbh

Sven Goldstein

Hans Beckhoff

Dirk Janssen

Henning Mersch

Pascal Dresselhaus

Leon Zink

Manuel Auster

Timo Bracke

Simon Geldner

Ralf Vienken

Tina Mersch

Leo Zink

A method is provided for operating an automation system having a first controller and a second controller and an external data infrastructure with a message-distributing module. The method includes defining a first communication network and identifying the first controller and the second controller as first communication subscribers of the first communication network via the message-distributing module, sending out a first network message via the first controller to the message-distributing module of the external data infrastructure, identifying the second controller as the first communication subscriber of the first communication network addressed via the first controller using the message-distributing module, forwarding the first network message sent out by the first controller to the second controller via the message-distributing module, and receiving the forwarded first network message via the second controller. Further, a data infrastructure system for execution of the method for operating an automation system is provided.

Method for operating an automation system and data infrastructure

A message transmission between communication subscribers in an automation system is controlled, wherein publisher applications and/or subscriber applications are executed on each of the communication subscribers, wherein the automation system comprises a message broker configured to enter subscriptions for specified topics for designated subscriber applications into a topic tree. In reaction to a message on a specified topic of the topic tree being published by a publisher application of a first of the plurality of communication subscribers on the first communication subscriber offering one or a plurality of services, the message broker determines whether a subscriber application of a second of the plurality of communication subscribers has been entered for the specified topic. If a subscriber application for the specified topic has been entered, the message broker transmits a message to the entered subscriber application of the second communication subscriber that one or the plurality of services are on offer.

Controlling message transmission between communication subscribers in an automation system

A connecting unit to transmit process data of an automation process of an automation system to an external data infrastructure, configured as a field device for arrangement on a field level of the automation system. The connecting unit comprises a field bus module, network module and interface module. The field bus module is configured to interchange the process data via the field bus with a signal unit connected to the automation process via a field connection. The network module is configured to interchange the process data with the external data infrastructure, use the data network to transmit input process data to the external data infrastructure, and retrieve output process data from the external data infrastructure. The interface module is configured to interchange the process data between the field bus module and the network module. The interface module prompts interchange of the process data autonomously.

Connection unit, monitoring system and method for operating an automation system

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