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Automation network comprising network components that produce status messages

US8943188B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralph Büsgen · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
Karl Glas · Herzogenaurach, DE
Michael J. Kasper · Portland, US
Joachim Koppers · Forchheim, DE
Andreas Köpke · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2005
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an automation network and to automation equipment, network components and field devices for an automation network of this type. The network components transmit messages concerning their status to the automation equipment by means of a communication mechanism that functions according to field communication automation technology. Said automation equipment receives the status messages, evaluates them, monitors the operation of the network and controls said operation using the status messages. As the automation equipment thus contains the complete picture of the process and the network, it can react directly and rapidly to problems of the network. This eliminates the need, for example, for an additional SNMP/OPC server or a network management station.

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