Selective detailed display of devices in a network
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Abstract
There is described a method, to a program and to a system for graphically displaying and projecting at least one network of devices of an automation system, a high density of information usually occurring at the user interface. To allow a user to selectively display devices in a network, in addition to a large quantity of overview information, a solution is proposed in which a user can display individual devices in more detail in an overview. The user can therefore select a device, the instantaneously non-visible details of which he wishes to access, and change the appearance of the device from a not very detailed display to a very detailed display by way of further interaction. This applies to any desired number of devices which can be simultaneously displayed in detail. One advantage is that the network interfaces of devices may also be displayed which cannot be displayed with all network interfaces in the overview without the user being forced to have to change to a different, detail-oriented view.
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20. A method for graphically displaying and graphically engineering at least one network of devices of an automation system, comprising:
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displaying the at least one network in an overview; displaying schematically the devices and network lines within the overview, wherein the devices have at least one network interface; displaying connections between the devices and to the network lines with connecting lines; selecting at least one device by a user for display in a detailed view; and activating the detailed view for the selected devices by the user, wherein all network interfaces of the selected device respectively are displayed in the detailed view. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A software program to display graphically and to engineer graphically at least one network of devices of an automation system, wherein each of the devices has at least one network interface, wherein the software program is to be executed on a system comprising keys and a mouse to be used by an user, when executed comprising the steps of:
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displaying the at least one network in an overview; displaying schematically the devices and network lines within the overview, wherein the devices have at least one network interface; displaying connections between the devices and to the network lines by way of connecting lines; providing a selection of at least one device by a user for display in a detailed view; and providing an activation of the detailed view for the selected devices by the user, wherein all network interfaces of the selected device respectively are displayed in the detailed view. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system to graphically display and to graphically engineer at least one network of devices of an automation system, comprising:
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at least one input unit for; selecting at least one device by a user for display in a detailed view, and activating the detailed view for the selected devices by the user, wherein all network interfaces of the selected device respectively are displayed in the detailed view; at least one output unit for; displaying the at least one network in an overview, displaying schematically the devices and network lines within the overview, wherein the devices have at least one network interface, and displaying connections between the devices and to the network lines by way of connecting lines; and a device to execute a software program.
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