Patent ID: 7290182
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium storing a software tool for configuring an automation device and for monitoring faults in the automation device having at least one rack and a plurality of functional modules configured for insertion into slots in the rack, said software tool generating: a first view graphically displaying the rack with the slots and the functional modules on a display unit, a second view displaying the rack with the slots and the functional modules in a tabular form on the display unit, a fault indicator marking at least one of a faulty slot and a faulty functional module, from among the plurality of functional modules and the slots, in the first view and in the second view; and an assignment indicator visually linking the at least one faulty slot or faulty functional module in the first view with the same at least one faulty slot or faulty functional module in the second view, wherein the software tool allows for insertion of a functional module from the plurality of functional modules into the rack, and wherein the location of the faulty component within the rack in the first view and the location of the same faulty component within the rack in the second view are marked and wherein the locations of the marked components are graphically connected.