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Method for operating an engineering system for an industrial process automation system, and control program

US10614051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 2018
Grant dateApr 7, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An engineering system for an industrial process automation system, wherein objects predefined by a user selection are loaded for processing from a database into at least one processing memory area, where upon initiation of a user release of objects to be released that have been loaded into a selected processing memory area, a check is performed to establish whether a processing memory area directly of higher priority is present, direct predecessors in the processing memory area of higher priority are determined for releasable objects that have been loaded into the selected processing memory area and added to the releasable objects upon a positive result, objects hierarchically subordinate to objects among the releasable objects to be released are determined and tagged for release, and where objects tagged for release, via a change of their assignment, are shifted from the selected user memory area into the user memory area of higher priority.

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