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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Georg Biehler, Nürnberg, DE;
Wolfgang Füβlein, Essingen, DE;
Lothar Trapp, Feucht, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
There is described a method and a system allowing the use of at least one resource of a first automation system in at least one second automation system, whereby the resource is made available by the first automation system and an identification characteristic is used for the unique identification of the resource in the at least second automation system. A user is enabled to navigate in a simple manner between the application locations of originator and user of a resource. This is achieved by the fact that the use of the resource of the first automation system in the at least second automation system is mapped as a bilateral reference in each case between the automation systems and is stored in each case in a storage area in the automation systems, whereby the bilateral reference also contains application locations of the resource in the respective automation system. By using this method or system, a rapid identification of the communication partners involved with a resource can be displayed and the declaration location or the application location of this resource can be displayed there. This method is particularly suitable for supporting the navigation between a variable made available and its application locations and the corresponding instances in the case of bilateral programmed function block communication. With regard to unilateral programmed function block communication, it is possible to navigate between the variable reference specified at the block and the actual variable. This navigation is effected with system support and always finds all the application locations. A major source of error is thereby avoided.