Patent ID: 7127303

Claim:
A system for automation, monitoring and measurement acquisition for a technical process having measurement and control units ( 2 , 14 , 15 , 16 ) that are connected to sensors and actuators of the processes ( 1 , 8 , 9 , 10 ) via measurement and control lines ( 3 , 11 , 12 , 13 ), comprising: a data network ( 4 ) with an automation group ( 99 ) having system automation units ( 18 , 19 , 20 ) each of which has its own program code and is executable independently of other of said automation units ( 18 , 19 , 20 ), and system automation modules ( 44 , 45 , 46 ) in said data network ( 4 ) combined into automation units ( 39 , 31 , 32 , 18 , 19 ), each automation module having its own program code and being executable independently of the other automation modules, said data network ( 4 ) includes an information level ( 22 ) at a higher level than said automation units ( 18 , 19 , 20 ), said information level ( 22 ) containing information programs ( 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ) having reading access to said automation units ( 18 , 19 , 20 ) and to said automation modules ( 44 , 45 , 46 ) and wherein said information programs ( 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ) of said information level ( 22 ) are configurable to lack access to predetermined automation groups.