Patent ID: 7444188

Claim:
A method for allowing a universal mobile control and monitoring module to control and monitor a technical installation, wherein the technical installation is assigned to at least one regional control sub-area located within a control area, the method comprising: determining a current position of the universal mobile control and monitoring module by means of positioning signals; assigning the universal mobile control and monitoring module to the technical installation, if the current position of the universal mobile control and monitoring module lies within the regional sub-control area of the technical installation; transmitting from the technical installation and loading human-machine-interface (HMI) data of the technical installation into the assigned universal mobile control and monitoring module; and controlling the technical installation using the HMI data loaded into the assigned universal mobile control and monitoring module, wherein said loading of the HMI data for the control of the technical installation into the assigned universal mobile control and monitoring module is controlled as a function of a distance from the technical installation to the assigned universal mobile control and monitoring module.