Patent ID: 7565456
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for reconfiguring an automation device comprising a hardware configuration with a plurality of hardware components and a control program, cyclically executed by a CPU of the automation device, for controlling a technical process, where configuration data are supplied to the automation device signaling the hardware configuration of the automation device to the CPU and where the CPU generates at least one configuration list for performing at least one of a read access and a write access by the CPU, the method comprising: evaluating the supplied configuration data for a change in the hardware configuration; inserting a reconfiguration time interval into the cycle of the control program for controlling the technical process when the change in the hardware configuration is detected; and changing the at least one configuration list based on the detected change during the reconfiguration time interval of the control program, wherein the reconfiguration time interval is executed during a run mode in which the CPU runs the control program without interrupting the technical process by switching the automation device to a stop mode, and wherein the technical process comprises a process implemented by at least two equipment units used in manufacturing of a product.