US 12,216,456 B2
Configuration of a modular plant
Mario Hoernicke, Landau (DE); Ralf Jeske, Petershagen (DE); and Joerg Schubert, Lehrte (DE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,438.
Application 18/316,438 is a continuation of application No. 17/369,993, filed on Jul. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,687,062.
Claims priority of application No. 20185014 (EP), filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280725 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01)
CPC G05B 19/41845 (2013.01) [G06F 9/44542 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35029 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method of providing a control software configuration for a module of a modular plant, the method comprising, in a module engineering phase:
receiving a user definition for the module; and
automatically generating the control software configuration for the module based on the user definition, the automatically generating comprising:
specifying parameters for the module that are not specific to any target system; and
providing the control software configuration as a controller-agnostic configuration file for subsequent binding of controller software instantiated according to the controller-agnostic configuration file to a hardware controller of the module when the module is integrated into a target system during a plant engineering phase.