Patent ID: 9535414
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G05B

Claim:
1. A system for distributing and interchanging elements for a planning or an operation of automation-engineering resources comprising: at least one interface device; at least one processing device; at least one data memory, wherein the at least one interface device is configured to prompt an integrative connection to at least one engineering tool or an integrative link to the at least one engineering tool, such that functionalities of the at least one interface device and of the at least one processing device will be called from the at least one engineering tool for execution, and wherein the at least one processing device in collaboration with the at least one interface device and the at least one engineering tool is configured to transfer elements that have been created from a first engineering tool or marked to the at least one processing device, and to process said elements or to make available said elements on the at least one data memory for retrieval in, for transfer to, or implementation in at least one second engineering tool; wherein the at least one processing device comprises a categorization tool for performing assessment or denotation of transferred elements, and wherein the elements which have been transferred are limited or restricted on the basis of denotation; when an element has been set or has been transferred to the system, at least one checking step with predetermined checking criteria is performed, the predetermined checking criteria including quality, safety, reliability, and operation, and the predetermined checking criteria being stored in memory for the check; and wherein the element is first checked for test purposes in a first test check, and wherein in an event of a positive result from the first test check, the element is enabled for use for test purposes, and then performing a second production check on the respective element, and only then is the respective element enabled for production purposes in the event of a positive result from the second production check.