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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Abstract
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.