Patent ID: 9235207
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G05B,H04J,H04L,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically generating dynamic frame packing groups for an automation system, the automation system having a plurality of topologically branched field devices, each of the plurality of topologically branched field devices being assignable to different controllers, the automation system being provided for communication between each of the plurality of topologically branched field devices and the different controllers using dynamic frame packing, the computer-implemented method comprising the steps: receiving a description of configurations of the plurality of topologically branched field devices and the different controllers comprising an arrangement of the plurality of topologically branched field devices and the different controllers with respect to each other; and automatically generating, by the computer, the dynamic frame packing groups by analyzing the configurations and assigning at least a portion of the plurality of topologically branched field devices to dynamic frame packing groups, the assigning of the plurality of topologically branched field devices to the dynamic frame packing groups being effected in topological order starting from the different controllers, a check being performed for each field device topologically following a topologically preceding field device of the plurality of topologically branched field devices to determine whether each field device is includable in a same dynamic frame packing group as the topologically preceding field device of the plurality of topologically branched field devices, wherein the assignment of topologically following field devices to a dynamic frame packing group of the topologically preceding field device is continued only along one branch of a topological divergence if the topological divergence is present at a field device of the plurality of topologically branched field devices.