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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Thomas Grosch, Roβtal, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 9/03 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/03 (2013.01); G05B 19/0428 (2013.01); G06F 11/1675 (2013.01); G06F 11/1687 (2013.01); G06F 11/2038 (2013.01); G06F 11/2097 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24183 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24186 (2013.01); G06F 11/2033 (2013.01); G06F 11/2048 (2013.01);
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.


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