Patent ID: 7596417

Claim:
A system to configure an automated production machine, comprising: an automated production machine having a plurality of function elements; and a programming device, the programming device being provided for a configuration of the automated production machine and having a mechatronic model of at least a portion of the automated production machine; technological objects that represent the function elements of the automated production machine and are used in the mechatronic model, the technological objects represented in a graphic form; a graphically displayed signal flow of mechatronic values between the technological objects; a modification device configured to graphically modify a signal interconnection between at least two technological objects, wherein the signal interconnection comprises at least one input line and at least one output line with respect to said at least two technological objects, wherein the signal interconnection is modified by a redirection of at least one signal line from at least one of said at least two technological objects to at least another one of said at least two technological objects in response to a graphical port selection performed by an operator on a graphical representation of a plurality of configurable input ports and a plurality of configurable output ports associated with said at least two technological objects, the graphical port selection performed by the operator defining the redirection of said at least one signal line; and a test device that checks the consistency of the signal flow of mechatronic values between the technological objects in the system, wherein the function elements of the automated production machine are parameterized and interconnected according to the configuration of the automated production machine.