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System for automating, monitoring and controlling technical processes and acquiring measurements thereof

  • US 7,127,303 B2
  • Filed: 07/03/2003
  • Issued: 10/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for automation, monitoring and measurement acquisition for a technical process having measurement and control units (2, 14, 15, 16) that are connected to sensors and actuators of the processes (1, 8, 9, 10) via measurement and control lines (3, 11, 12, 13), comprising:

  • a data network (4) with an automation group (99) having system automation units (18, 19, 20) each of which has its own program code and is executable independently of other of said automation units (18, 19, 20), andsystem automation modules (44, 45, 46) in said data network (4) combined into automation units (39, 31, 32, 18, 19), each automation module having its own program code and being executable independently of the other automation modules, said data network (4) includes an information level (22) at a higher level than said automation units (18, 19, 20), said information level (22) containing information programs (23, 24, 25, 26, 27) having reading access to said automation units (18, 19, 20) and to said automation modules (44, 45, 46) andwherein said information programs (23, 24, 25, 26, 27) of said information level (22) are configurable to lack access to predetermined automation groups.

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