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Method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data of systems

  • US 7,353,221 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2000
  • Issued: 04/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatic retrieval, in an automation system, of engineering data from a runtime system for an engineering system, and restoring representatives of the automation objects in the engineering system, the automation system including a multiplicity of individual runtime automation objects in the runtime system, the runtime automation objects have no direct reference to any associated engineering objects in the engineering system, the method comprising:

  • supplying, by each of the automation objects, an identifying designation of a type of respective representative to the engineering system;

    creating, via the engineering system, said representatives for the designated types and, for each of the representatives, entering a reference to the corresponding automation object;

    reading out each representative read out engineering information from the object into the representative using the reference; and

    restoring each of the representatives by entering said information into itself;

    whereinin a first step for the restoration of device representatives in the engineering system, the method further includes,supplying, for devices on which the automation objects run, an identifying designation of a type of respective device representative to the engineering system,creating, via the engineering system, corresponding device representatives for the designated types and entering, for each of the device representatives, a reference to the device, andhaving, based upon the reference, each device representative read out engineering information from the device, andin a second step for the restoration of representatives of the automation objects in the engineering system, the method further comprises,supplying, via the automation objects, an identifying designation of a type of respective representative to the engineering system,creating, via the engineering system, corresponding representatives for the designated types and, for each of the representatives, entering a reference to the automation object, andhaving, based upon the reference, each representative read out engineering information from the automation object.

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