POWER AUTOMATION INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER AUTOMATION INSTALLATION
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Abstract
In order to simplify and design the configuration in particular of a power automation installation with a comparatively high number of power automation devices in such a way that as far as possible no interruption of operation is necessary, a method for operating a power automation installation is proposed, wherein the power automation installation includes a plurality of power automation devices and at least one higher-level installation control device for controlling and/or monitoring the power automation devices. An additional power automation device is connected to the concentrator device and automatic configuration of the concentrator device is carried out by the incorporation of a device description file of the additional power automation device into a concentrator data model of the concentrator device. There is also provided a corresponding power automation installation.
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10. A method of operating a power automation installation, the power automation installation having:
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a plurality of power automation devices and at least one higher-level installation control device for controlling and/or monitoring the power automation devices, wherein the power automation devices are connected to the installation control device by a concentrator device and a data model file containing a concentrator data model is stored in a memory of the concentrator device and wherein the concentrator data model contains information about the power automation devices connected to the concentrator device, their functions and settings, and also provides data objects the states of which are adapted to current states of corresponding data objects of the power automation devices, and the method comprising the following steps; connecting an additional power automation device to the concentrator device; generating a communication address for the additional power automation device by the concentrator device and transmitting the communication address to the additional power automation device; storing the communication address in the additional power automation device and using the communication address for further communication with the concentrator device; retrieving a device description file of the power automation device by the concentrator device, the device description file specifying functions and settings of the additional power automation device; adapting the concentrator data model to the functions and settings of the additional power automation device specified by the device description file; and providing the adapted concentrator data model for the installation control device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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