AUTOMATION DEVICE

• US 20140148920A1
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: ENGLERT, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 9,645,556 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/3
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 11/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31103 Configure parameters of controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31104 Remote configuration of parameters of controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31135 Fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31138 Profibus process fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

An automation device includes a master module, and a slave unit having a slave modules, where an IM module of the slave modules of the slave unit is connected to the master module via a bus, where each of the modules is parameterizable using a message transmitted to the IM module by the master module, the message includes a data area for each of the slave modules for parameterization of each of the slave modules, and the message includes a data area for each slave module for its parameterization, wherein at least one default parameter data record is stored in at least one of the slave modules, and wherein a data record index, which is stored in that data area of the message which is provided for the at least one slave module is provided for accessing the at least one default parameter data record.

Claims

1. An automation device comprising:

a master module;

a slave unit having a plurality of slave modules, an IM module of the plurality of slave modules of the slave unit being connected to the master module via a bus, each of the plurality of slave modules being parameterizable using a message transmitted to the IM module by the master module, the message having a data area for each of the plurality of slave modules for parameterization of each of the plurality of slave modules;

wherein at least one default parameter data record is stored in at least one slave module of plurality of slave modules; and

wherein a data record index, which is stored in the data area of the message which is provided for the at least one slave module is provided for accessing the at least one default parameter data record.

2. The automation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein envisaged changes of parameters in the at least one default parameter data record are also stored in the data area of the message which is provided for the at least one slave module.