Patent ID: 6031453
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A method for monitoring an automation system and a technical process monitored and controlled by the automation system, the automation system being arranged in control cabinets, each of the control cabinets including at least one subrack which has modules, the method comprising steps of:transmitting a message from the automation system to an observation system when a fault in the automation system occurs at a location;accessing important planning and design data of the automation system, said planning and design data comprising at least information about locations related to all possible codes transmitted by the automation system;determining the location of the fault in the automation system by comparing a code of said transmitted message with the accessed planning and design data; anddisplaying a result of the determination on a display unit, wherein the displaying step includes the substeps of:a) displaying a representation of one of the control cabinets in which the fault occurred, a representation of one of the at least one modules of the one of the control cabinets being visually emphasized in the display, the fault being associated with the one of the modules,b) displaying a representation of one of the at least one subracks in which the fault occurred, the representation of the one of the modules being visually emphasized in the display, andc) displaying a circuit diagram of the one of the modules.