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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Thomas Grosch, Roβtal, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for creating a redundant automation system, a computer program and a computer-readable medium, wherein the redundant automation system includes at least one automation installation to be controlled that is installed at an installation location and two control applications that are communicatively interconnected via a synchronization path, and includes a plurality of communication hubs and communication paths connecting these to one another, where one of the control applications operates as the master and the other control application operates as a reserve, such that when the control application operating as the master fails, the control application operating as the reserve function as the master, and where the locations of the computing resources for the control applications are selected such that the control applications are connected to the at least one automation installation via two different communication paths preferably having no or a minimal number of common communication hubs.