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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Thomas Menzel, Langensendelbach OT Bräuningshof, DE;
Michael Thomas, Fürth, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An engineering system for planning an automation system and method for planning the automation system, wherein a cloud environment and/or an edge device are integrated into a project structure of a planning environment, where the project structure includes components and has at least one hardware component that has project elements, where the integrating includes saving and displaying the cloud environment or the edge device, in a manner structured as a component, accordance to a technological hierarchy, and wherein project elements associated with the cloud environment and/or with the edge device are defined, where at least one program block and a device configuration are stipulated for the cloud environment or the edge device, and where the hardware component and the cloud environment and/or the edge device are via the planning to perform an automation task of the automation system that must partially be performed in the cloud environment and/or edge device.