Patent ID: 9178760
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G05B,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for data processing comprising: an engineering system device that exchanges data with at least one further node device to which the apparatus, constituting the first node device, is connectable via a PROFINET network, wherein: a control unit that configures the at least one further node device with regard to exchanging data via the PROFINET network in accordance with a desired state, the desired state comprises a desired topology, the desired topology being generated by the control unit with regard to a set of configuration-related information for the particular variant of a modular system or machine, and which enables an actual comparison of the desired and an actual state and therefore the detection of errors, wherein the set of configuration-related information includes specific information that describes each node device in detail, and wherein the specific information includes at least one of: the control unit generates in response to at least one item of configuration-related information specified by an operator, a set of configuration data which are necessary for configuring the at least one further node device and the control unit transmits at least a subset of this generated set of configuration data to the at least one further node device via the PROFINET network, said control unit is programmed to configure the at least one further node device with regard to physical aspects of the data exchange via the PROFINET network, the set of configuration data generated and required for configuring the at least one further node device with regard to the physical aspects includes the desired topology for the PROFINET network; and the control unit checks the generated desired topology with regard to the present actual topology; and a display that presents the generated desired topology with regard to the present actual topology.