Automation appliance and method for accelerated processing of selected process data
First Claim
1. An automation appliance comprising:
- at least one field bus interface for connection to a field bus and for transmission of data packets (DP) with process data (PD) via the field bus;
at least one local bus interface for connection to a local bus and for transmission of process data (PD) between field devices connected to the local bus and the automation appliance;
means for converting the data packets (DP) coming from the field bus into a data stream (DS) for the local bus and for converting the data stream (DS) sent from the local bus to the automation appliance into data packets (DP) for the field bus; and
an acceleration unit for selecting the process data (PD) that are to be converted in accelerated fashion and for separately converting the selected process data (PDS),wherein the acceleration unit is set up such that the selected process data (PDS) are output at an earlier time than unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination with the selected process data (PDS),wherein the acceleration unit is designed to select the process data (PD) as hardware logic with a state recognition unit for recognizing the state of the presence of the selected process data (PDS) that are to be processed in accelerated fashion from the data packets (DP) or the data stream (DS), andwherein the automation appliance is set up to process the unselected process data (PDN) using software with a processor-controlled processing unit, while the selected process data (PDS) are processed using hardware logic more quickly than the unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination with the selected process data (PDS).
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Abstract
An automation appliance (6) having at least one field bus interface (12) for connection to a field bus (2) and transmission of data packets (DP) with process data (PD) via the field bus (2) and having at least one local bus interface (21) for connection to a local bus (7) and transmission of process data (PD) between field devices (9a, 9b, 9c) connected to the local bus (7) and the automation appliance (6), and having means for converting the data packets (DP) coming from the field bus (2) into a data stream (DS) for the local bus (7) and for converting the data stream (DS) sent from the local bus (7) to the automation appliance (6) into data packets (DP) for the field bus (2) is described. The automation appliance (6) has an acceleration unit (10) for selecting process data (PDS) that are to be converted in accelerated fashion and for separately converting the selected process data (PDS), which acceleration unit is set up such that the selected process data (PDS) are output at an earlier time than unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well in combination with the selected process data (PDS).
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10 Claims
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1. An automation appliance comprising:
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at least one field bus interface for connection to a field bus and for transmission of data packets (DP) with process data (PD) via the field bus; at least one local bus interface for connection to a local bus and for transmission of process data (PD) between field devices connected to the local bus and the automation appliance; means for converting the data packets (DP) coming from the field bus into a data stream (DS) for the local bus and for converting the data stream (DS) sent from the local bus to the automation appliance into data packets (DP) for the field bus; and an acceleration unit for selecting the process data (PD) that are to be converted in accelerated fashion and for separately converting the selected process data (PDS), wherein the acceleration unit is set up such that the selected process data (PDS) are output at an earlier time than unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination with the selected process data (PDS), wherein the acceleration unit is designed to select the process data (PD) as hardware logic with a state recognition unit for recognizing the state of the presence of the selected process data (PDS) that are to be processed in accelerated fashion from the data packets (DP) or the data stream (DS), and wherein the automation appliance is set up to process the unselected process data (PDN) using software with a processor-controlled processing unit, while the selected process data (PDS) are processed using hardware logic more quickly than the unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination with the selected process data (PDS). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for the accelerated processing of selected process data (PDS) from data packets (PD) and/or a data stream (DS) comprising:
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observation of the data stream (DS) on a local bus, which an automation appliance coupled to a field bus uses to communicate with at least one input and/or output module for the purpose of connection to at least one field device, or of the data packets (DP) on the field bus; selection of process data (PDS) that are to be processed in accelerated fashion from the observed data packets (DP) and/or the observed data stream (DS); processing of the selected process data (PDS) separately from unselected process data (PDN) which have been transmitted in combination with the selected process data (PDS), and output of the selected process data (PDS) at an earlier time than the unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination; and processing the unselected process data (PDN) using software with a processor-controlled processing unit, while the selected process data (PDS) are processed using hardware logic more quickly than the unselected process data (PDN) which are transmitted as well as in combination with the selected process data (PDS), wherein the selection of the process data (PD) is designed as hardware logic with a state recognition unit for recognizing the state of the presence of the selected process data (PDS) that are to be processed in accelerated fashion from the data packets (DP) or the data stream (DS). - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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