Diagnosis of an automation system
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and an engineering system for creating a diagnostic model of an automation system made up of various automation components. The diagnostic model is generated automatically during the project planning phase of the automation system. Within the diagnostic model the automation components are represented by model nodes. Functional and/or physical relationships between the automation components are mapped by links between the corresponding model nodes within the diagnostic model. Each model node contains status information in which the status of the associated automation component is stored. By evaluating the status information, the status of the automation system can be investigated and monitored with the aid of the diagnostic model.
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28 Claims
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14. A method of diagnosing an automation system comprising at least a first and a second automation component, the first and second automation components having a physical or functional relationship, the method comprising:
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creating a diagnostic model having first and second model nodes, the first and second automation components assigned to the first respectively second model node, creating a link between the first and second model nodes within the diagnostic model for modeling the physical or functional relationship between the first and second automation components;
acquiring within the diagnostic model a first status of the first automation component by a first status information regarding the first model node;
acquiring within the diagnostic model a second status of the second automation component by a second status information regarding the second model node; and
evaluating the first and/or second status information for determining a status information about the automation system, wherein the diagnostic model is created automatically by an engineering system during a process of project planning of the automation system executed by the engineering system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program for diagnosing an automation system comprising at least a first and a second automation component, the first and second automation components having a physical or functional relationship, the computer program comprising:
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a diagnostic model including first and second model nodes, the first and second automation components assigned to the first respectively second model node, wherein a link is established between the first and second model nodes within the diagnostic model for modeling the physical or functional relationship between the first and second automation components;
a first software module for acquiring within the diagnostic model a first status of the first automation component by a first status information regarding the first model node;
a second software module for acquiring within the diagnostic model a second status of the second automation component by a second status information regarding the second model node; and
a third software module for evaluating the first and/or second status information for determining a status information about the automation system.
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23. An engineering system for project planning of an automation system having at least first and second automation components, the engineering system comprising:
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an input device for acquiring a physical and/or functional relationship between the first and a second automation components; and
a processing unit configured to;
automatically creating a diagnostic model during project planning, wherein the first automation component is assigned to a first model node and the second automation component is assigned to a second model node;
automatically creating a link between the first and second model nodes within the diagnosis model based on the acquired physical and/or functional relationship wherein the diagnostic model is configured to;
record a first status of the first automation component in a first status information assigned to the first model node;
record a second status of the second automation component in a second status information assigned to the second model node; and
evaluate the first and/or second status information for determining a status information about the automation system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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