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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Peter Becker, Gaggenau, DE;
Albert Renschler, Ettlingen, DE;
Peter Becker, Gaggenau, DE;
Albert Renschler, Ettlingen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for configuring or reconfiguring an automation device and an automation device suitable for a configuration or a reconfiguration are provided. The automation device has a programmable controller () with a CPU unit () and decentralized peripheral devices (). In this method and automation device, newly supplied configuration data can be evaluated for changes in the hardware configuration and can be integrated during a configuration or a reconfiguration interval () without the automation device having to switch to a STOP mode. As a result, it is not necessary for centralized and/or decentralized peripheral modules to adopt a controlled (safe) state, which means that control can be resumed immediately after the reconfiguration.