SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AND EXCHANGING ELEMENTS FOR PLANNING AND/OR FOR OPERATING AUTOMATION OPERATING EQUIPMENT

• US 20140200688A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Technology AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Wilke, Kay, Gutermuth, Georg, Jung, Volker, Drath, Rainer
• Granted Patent: US 9,535,414 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/83
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23261 Use control template library

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for distributing and exchanging elements for planning and/or operating automation operating equipment, which include at least one interface device, at least one processing device and at least one data store, wherein the interface device effects an integrated connection to at least one engineering tool and/or an integrated link to at least one engineering tool such that functionalities of the at least one interface device and of the at least one processing device can be retrieved from the respective engineering tool and carried out. The respective processing device, the respective interface device, and the respective engineering tool, elements created and/or marked by a first engineering tool can be transferred to the respective processing device and processed and/or can be made available on the at least one data store to be retrieved and/or to be transferred to and/or implemented in at least one second engineering tool.

Claims

1. A system for distributing and interchanging elements for the planning and/or operation of automation-engineering resources comprising:

at least one interface device;

at least one processing device; and

at least one data memory, wherein the at least one interface device is configured to prompt an integrative connection to at least one engineering tool and/or an integrative link to the at least one engineering tool, such that functionalities of the at least one interface device and of the at least one processing device will be called from the at least one engineering tool for execution, and wherein the at least one processing device in collaboration with the at least one interface device and the at least one engineering tool is configured to transfer elements that have been created from a first engineering tool and/or marked to the at least one processing device, and to process said elements and/or to make available said elements on the at least one data memory for retrieval and/or for transfer and/or implementation to/in at least one second engineering tool.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

automation-engineering resources, wherein the operation includes regulation and/or control and/or operator control and/or parameterization and/or observation of the automation-engineering resources.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device is configured to retrieve the created and/or marked elements from the at least one data memory selectively and/or under user control and/or the elements are available or provided for selective and/or automated transfer.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elements comprise:

control logic elements and fragments, and complementary preconfigured data structures and/or information.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the preconfigured data structures and/or information are faceplates, visual display images and/or graphics.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device comprises:

a processing tool for prompting and/or performing management and/or user management of the access rights, and/or conditioning and/or classification and/or prioritization and/or selective enabling of transmitted elements and/or elements that are available for retrieval and/or a remainder of the structures and information that are available.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device comprises:

a categorization tool for prompting and/or performing assessment and/or categorization and/or denotation and/or annotation of transmitted elements.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein elements which have been transferred and/or set or made available are denoted on the basis of function and/or purpose and/or application options therefor and/or continued use thereof, and/or enabling thereof, are limited or restricted on the basis of denotation.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the categorization tool is configured to impress at least one terminating date and/or a period of time onto each element that is made available, and wherein the at least one terminating date will indicate up until when, and the period of time will indicate when the element is used and/or applied and/or retrieved.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device in collaboration with the at least one interface device and the at least one engineering tool are configured to select and/or denote a plurality of elements directly in the first engineering tool and to group elements that have been marked and denoted in this way automatically into objects and/or functional modules and to transfer said elements to the at least one processing device and to the at least one data memory and to make available said elements for further processing and/or distribution.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

a visual display tool for indicating and/or outputting status information relating to a respective element on a display device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

at least one communication device for creating and/or making available a virtual forum and/or an interchange platform for the exchange of views.

13. A method for distributing and interchanging elements for the planning and/or operation of automation-engineering resources, comprising:

providing at least one integrative connection to at least one engineering tool and/or at least one integrative link to the at least one engineering tool; and

providing elements that have been created from a first engineering tool and/or marked for further processing and for retrieval and/or for transfer and/or implementation to/in at least one second engineering tool.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the operation comprises the regulation and/or control and/or operator control and/or parameterization and/or observation of automation-engineering resources.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the created and/or marked elements are retrieved selectively and/or under user control and/or are made available or provided for selective and/or automated transfer.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the method is performed on a system for distributing and interchanging elements for the planning and/or operation of automation-engineering resources comprising:

at least one interface device;

at least one processing device; and

at least one data memory, wherein the at least one interface device is configured to prompt an integrative connection to at least one engineering tool and/or an integrative link to the at least one engineering tool, such that functionalities of the at least one interface device and of the at least one processing device will be called from the at least one engineering tool for execution, and wherein the at least one processing device in collaboration with the at least one interface device and the at least one engineering tool is configured to transfer elements that have been created from a first engineering tool and/or marked to the at least one processing device, and to process said elements and/or to make available said elements on the at least one data memory for retrieval and/or for transfer and/or implementation to/in at least one second engineering tool.