CONFIGURATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM

摘要

To simplify a configuration of an automation system for a customer, a configuration apparatus for configuring an automation system of a customer is provided that comprises device components of one or more manufacturers, having a first software tool that is provided for inputting user data in customer-specific terminology is provided and stores the input user data in a data management sector; having a second software tool that is provided for receiving the user data and that has a calculation unit for determining configuration data from the user data, wherein the second software tool has at least one mapping algorithm that prepares the stored user data for the calculation unit into manufacturer-specific terminology, and wherein a storage of the user data and a storage of the configuration data by the second software tool can be carried out separately from the data management sector of the first software tool.

主权项

1. A configuration apparatus for configuring an automation system of a customer that comprises device components of one or more manufacturers, having at least one first software tool that is provided for inputting user data in customer-specific terminology and that stores the input user data in a data management sector,
having a second software tool that is provided for receiving the user data and that has a calculation unit for determining configuration data from the user data, wherein the second software tool has at least one mapping algorithm that prepares the user data stored in customer-specific terminology for the calculation unit into manufacturer-specific terminology; and wherein a storage of the user data and a storage of the configuration data can be carried out by the second software tool separately from the data management sector of the first software tool.