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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2021
Pilz Gmbh & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
PILZ GMBH & CO. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Abstract
An automation system for monitoring a safety-critical process includes a platform configured to execute user programs that implement a safety function, a fail-safe peripheral module configured to couple the user programs with the safety-critical process, and a monitoring device configured to ensure fail-safe execution of the safety function on the platform. The monitoring device is couplable to the platform via a first communication interface and the fail-safe peripheral module is couplable to the platform via a second communication interface. The monitoring device runs a fail-safe service independently of the platform, via which the monitoring device interacts with the fail-safe peripheral module. The fail-safe peripheral module signals a safe state based on the implemented safety function and the fail-safe service.