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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Janos Gila, Mödling, AT;
Wolfgang Konrad, Mödling, AT;
Gottfried Rieger, Fürth, DE;
Ulrich Sinn, Erlangen, DE;
Janos Gila, Mödling, AT;
Wolfgang Konrad, Mödling, AT;
Gottfried Rieger, Fürth, DE;
Ulrich Sinn, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
There is described a method for enabling the operation of automation components of a technical system via a mobile control and monitoring device. In a first step, the control and monitoring device receives a first identification from a first transponder device, with the first transponder device being attached to the technical system, with the first transponder device having been activated by the automation components and with the first identification having been transmitted via a wireless communication connection from the automation components to the mobile control and monitoring device. In a further step the communication connection between the control and monitoring device and the automation components is deactivated. The mobile control and monitoring device sends a carrier signal and following that receives the carrier signal modulated by the first transponder device. A first distance between the control and monitoring device and the first transponder device is then determined from the modulated carrier signal. In addition, a first radio-determined identification from the first transponder device is determined from the modulated carrier signal. Following the reception of the modulated carrier signal, the communication connection is reactivated. If the first distance is shorter than a predetermined first distance and if the radio-determined first identification corresponds to the first identification, the operation of the automation components is enabled.