Patent ID: 6826432
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for programming an automation application program on an automation equipment programming station, the method comprising:generating definitions of each of a plurality of structured each representing an input-output channel of an input-output module an automation equipment, the definition of each structured object comprising at least one characteristic element corresponding to input-output information exchanged between the input-output module and the application program, and a relative topological address of the input-output information for each said element; declaring symbolic input-output variables of the application program as an instance of a previously defined structured type object; configuring symbolic input-output variables of the application program comprising a definition of a physical location of each input-output module of such automation equipment associated with the symbolic input-output variables; and automatically interpreting the application program or execution on such automation equipment, comprising replacing said symbolic input-output variables with a complete topological address of said corresponding input-output information.