Patent ID: 7839877

Claim:
A method for operating an automation device providing a receipt of telegrams, comprising: providing an automation system configured to control or monitor a technical process and comprising a plurality of automation devices capable of exchanging data telegrams between one another, wherein communication from a transmitter one of the automation devices to a receiver one of the automation devices is in accord with a fixed data limit size for an individual data telegram, and wherein, for a data communication from the transmitter to the receiver, multiple telegrams must be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver when the volume of the data communication exceeds the fixed data limit size; providing a first active communication relationship between a first transmitting automation device and a first receiving automation device wherein for one data communication to the receiving automation device the volume of the data communication exceeds the fixed data limit size; providing a second active communication relationship with the first receiving automation device; distinguishing between the first active communication relationship and the second active communication relationship by including in at least the one data communication of the first active communication relationship at least a reference to an identifier for the first transmitting automation device; providing a storage area and selecting a first storage segment from the storage area for the one data communication of the first active communication relationship and selecting a second storage segment as a database comprising the identifier and one or more other identifiers each identifying the active communication relationships; and using the first storage segment for storing a volume of data corresponding to all of the data in the one data communication of the first active communication which volume exceeds the fixed data limit size of an individual data telegram.