Patent ID: 11874648
Assignee: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A module for a technical facility comprising:
a technical hardware for executing a technical sub-process;
a controller for locally controlling the technical hardware, wherein the controller is configured to control the technical hardware autonomously; and
an external interface of the controller, wherein the external interface comprises a server, the server comprising a fixedly predetermined information structure with static information and dynamic information, the external interface configured to receive commands, related to a defined state of a plurality of states of the module,
wherein the static information describes the technical hardware and the controller,
wherein the controller writes the dynamic information as real-time values' of the technical hardware into the information structure,
wherein the controller is configured to control the technical hardware autonomously based on the defined state of the module and to autonomously control a transition between the plurality of states, and
wherein the controller is configured to control security functions, reporting functions and protocol functions of the module.