Service-oriented automation device and method for specifying a service-oriented automation device
US8527077B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/31196
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for specifying the behavior of autonomous and collaborative automation devices in manufacturing plants with a service-oriented architecture and to a service-oriented automation device. In order to describe the operating behavior of such devices, the invention proposes the steps of original setting-up of the automation device, including configuration, depiction of services, establishment of connections to other automation devices and transfer of the set-up to waiting original status, receiving the events through service operations, internal device interfaces of inputs/outputs and/or generated directly from the controls, evaluating the received events, executing the events and changing the state of the model-based middleware shell, wherein the system achieves the next state and is capable of receiving further events.
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