Tool recognition with profinet

• US 20100094433A1
• Filed: 05/26/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Lessmann, Gunnar
• Granted Patent: US 9,170,578 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/19
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0423 Input/output
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25009 Profinet-I-O, producer-consumer mode
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25057 Configuration stored in distributed database for real time use
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25061 Configuration stored in central database
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31134 PCD profinet component description, field device description module

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for activating an automation station in the automation apparatus of an industrial application.

The invention provides a method for activating an automation station (200, 300, 400) in the automation apparatus (100) of an industrial application, in which the automation station comprises a plurality of Profinet-compatible devices (501, . . . , 507) to which an unambiguous symbolic name is provided for identification, and wherein an identification of the automation station connected to the automation apparatus for operation is performed based on the symbolic names of the Profinet-compatible devices, and the Profinet-compatible devices are driven by the automation apparatus after connection of the automation station in functional dependence on the identified automation station.

Claims

1. Method for activating an automation station (200, 300, 400) in the automation apparatus (100) of an industrial application, in which the automation station comprises a plurality of Profinet-compatible devices (501, . . . , 507), each provided in advance with an unambiguous symbolic name in advance, the method comprising:

performing an identification of the automation station connected to the automation apparatus for operation, based on the symbolic names of the Profinet-compatible devices; and

driving the Profinet-compatible devices by the automation apparatus after connection of the automation station in functional dependence on the identified automation station.

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing, before activation of the automation station, each symbolic name and a logical assignment specification to an automation station for each symbolic name, in a configuration unit (600) that is assignable to the automation apparatus;

physically coupling the automation station to the automation apparatus for activation; and

identifying a first device comprised by the coupled automation station, by the automation apparatus on the basis of the symbolic device name, using the data stored in the configuration unit;

wherein the performing of the identification of the automation station is on the basis of the assignment specification stored for the symbolic name.

3. Method according to claim 2, further comprising:

storing, before activation of the automation station, a logical assignment specification to the automation station and to a group of additional selected devices comprised by this automation station, for each symbolic name in the configuration unit assignable to the automation apparatus; and

simultaneously performing, by the identifying of the first device, an identification of the group of selected additional devices comprised by this automation station.

4. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the devices autonomously initiate a report procedure after the coupling of the automation station to the automation apparatus, and the activation of the automation station is completed only after all the devices comprised by the automation station have passed through this report procedure.