DE102019215593A1 - Control device and method for transferring configuration data - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a control device (1) for transmitting configuration data (D) of a mechatronic system in a network (100) with a plurality of network participants (10) of at least one field bus system. The invention also relates to a method for transmitting configuration data (D) of a mechatronic system in a network (100) with a plurality of network participants (10) of at least one field bus system. The invention also relates to a computer program product.

Description

The invention relates to a control device for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with a plurality of network participants of at least one field bus system. The invention also relates to a method for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with a plurality of network participants of at least one field bus system. The invention also relates to a computer program product.

State of the art

When configuring network participants, in particular field devices of a mechatronic system, a user conventionally connects using different configuration applications to the corresponding field devices which have different field bus systems and / or field bus protocols.

The DE 10 2017 202 360 A1 discloses a data interface device for data transmission between a numerically controlled machine tool and an external data processing device. The data interface device comprises a control interface unit for data transmission with a control device of the machine tool and a communication unit for data transmission with the external data processing device. Stored configuration data indicate a communication protocol used by the control device from a first group of communication protocols and a communication protocol used by the external data processing device from a second group of communication protocols. The control interface unit can use any protocol of a first group of communication protocols for data transmission and can select the communication protocol used by the control device for data transmission.

There is thus a need to specify a control device and a control method for transmitting communication data of a mechatronic system in a network with at least one network participant, which enable simple, fast and cross-system configuration of the at least one network participant.

The object is achieved with a control device for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with at least one network participant having the features of claim 1.

The object is also achieved with a method for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with at least one network participant having the features of claim 10.

The invention is also achieved by a computer program product for a computer device having the features of claim 11.

Disclosure of the invention

The present invention creates a control device for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with a plurality of network participants of at least one field bus system, with a first server application, which is set up to send configuration data, in particular request parameters of a user, to a first client application received and transmitted to a second client application, and with the second client application, which is set up to transmit the configuration data to at least one network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers of the at least one field bus system, a data transfer being carried out by the server application configuration data received from the first client application, the configuration data transmitted from the first server application to the second client application and the configuration data from the second client application to the at least one network subscriber of the majority l configuration data transmitted by network subscribers of the at least one field bus system can be carried out using a uniform data exchange standard.

The invention also provides a method for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with a plurality of network participants of at least one field bus system. The method includes receiving configuration data, in particular request parameters of a user, from a first client application by means of a first server application.

The method further comprises transmitting the configuration data received from the first client application to a second client application by means of the first server application.

The method also includes transmitting the configuration data to at least one network participant of the plurality of network participants of the at least one field bus system by means of the second client application, a data transfer of the data received by the first server application from the first client application Configuration data, the configuration data transmitted from the first server application to the second client application and the configuration data transmitted from the second client application to the at least one network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers of the at least one field bus system using a uniform data exchange standard.

The present invention also creates a computer program product for a computer device, in particular for a machine control, which executes the method according to the invention when it is executed on a computer device.

One idea of the present invention is, by providing a uniform data exchange standard, a simple, fast and cross-system transmission of configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network with a plurality of network participants of the at least one field bus system and / or different field bus systems through a centralized configuration or input of To enable configuration data by the user.

The transmitted configuration data can advantageously be used by the plurality of network subscribers of the at least one field bus system. The input of the configuration data by the user, the reception and processing of this data by the control device as well as the subsequent transmission to the at least one network participant of the plurality of network participants of the at least one field bus system is preferably implemented by the uniform data exchange standard, which simplifies the communication architecture of the control device , the upstream input device and the downstream fieldbus systems.

Such a control device or such a control method can advantageously be used locally due to the uniform data exchange standard, so that data transmission and / or processing in the cloud is not required to achieve the objective according to the invention.

The data exchange standard according to the invention can be an industrial communication protocol, for example a machine-to-machine communication protocol such as OPC-UA. OPC-UA stands for Open Platform Communication-Unified Architecture.

The OPC-UA enables a wide variety of component manufacturers to be networked regardless of the manufacturer. OPC-UA extends OPC with essential properties, such as the transmission of semantic information and the extended options for calling up methods, and enables standardized and manufacturer-independent data exchange between different components, regardless of the programming language and operating system. OPC-UA connects the devices at different levels of the automation pyramid using a standardized communication protocol and standardized interfaces and functionalities.

Above all, OPC UA can be used to exchange data from the field level with the levels of the automation pyramid above it. For example, data from a real-time area of the field level, in which the field devices communicate via a real-time capable fieldbus, can be transferred to a management level or a control level of factory automation via OPC-UA in the planning, sequence control and logistics processes.

For example, the OPC UA technology enables a uniform networking of machine controls, such as CNC controls, motion controls (motion) for packaging machines, for example, or logic controls such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), with the control and management levels above. If machine control or PLC is mentioned here, this is always to be regarded as interchangeable with all of the aforementioned controls and vice versa.

The references herein to OPC UA also apply to other data exchange standards that can be used for the invention. Here, however, reference is essentially made to OPC UA as an example, with OPC UA in this sense being interchangeable with functionally identical or similar data exchange standards or with communication protocols and standards and vice versa.

1. 1. Es wird eine Verbindung eines OPC-UA-Clients (dies kann etwa mittels der hierin genannten, erste Client-Applikation erfolgen) hergestellt mit einer OPC-UA-Server-Applikation (dies kann etwa die hierin genannte, erste Server-Applikation sein) der Steuervorrichtung. Die OPC-UA-Serverapplikation hat ein entsprechendes Abstraktionsschichten-Informationsmodell implementiert und stellt es in ihrem Adressraum dar (siehe dazu auch weiter unten)
2. 2. Die Anwenderanforderungen oder Parameter, z.B. Feldbusparameter wie etwa Zykluszeit/Latenz/Jitter, können jeweils feldbusunabhängig oder feldbusübergreifend (vor allem über einen OPC-UA-Client mittels der unter 1. Oben genannten Verbindung) in der OPC-UA-Serverapplikation konfiguriert werden oder hinterlegt sein
3. 3. Sämtliche Änderungen der Anwenderanforderungen oder Parameter werden an die Steuervorrichtung (insbesondere an deren Server-Applikation und/oder eine Adaptions-Applikation) übertragen.
4. 4. Die Steuervorrichtung (ggf. mit einer Adaptions-Applikation) setzt die bisher feldbusunabhängigen Anforderungen oder Parameter (z.B. eine vorgegebene Zykluszeit) auf eine(n) oder mehrere, feldbusspezifische Anforderung(en) oder Parameter um (etwa für verschiedene Feldbusse jeweils zu einer von dem jeweiligen Feldbus unterstützten Zykluszeit, die der feldbusunabhängig vorgegebenen Zykluszeit am nächsten kommt - bzw. für andere Parameter ebenso)
5. 5. Die Steuervorrichtung (ggf. mit einer Adaptions-Applikation) nutzt einen OPC-UA-Client (dies kann die hierin genannte, zweite Client-Applikation sein), um sich mit einem jeweiligen OPC-UA-Server eines oder mehrerer Feldgeräte zu verbinden und dort die umgesetzten Anwenderanforderungen oder Parameter einzustellen

If OPC-UA is used, the process can be implemented as follows (in any combination, also with features herein or with individual features of the claims):

1. 1. A connection is established between an OPC UA client (this can be done using the first client application mentioned herein) with an OPC UA server application (this can be the first server application mentioned herein, for example ) the control device. The OPC UA server application has implemented a corresponding abstraction layer information model and displays it in its address space (see also below)
2. 2. The user requirements or parameters, e.g. fieldbus parameters such as cycle time / latency / jitter, can be configured in the OPC UA server application independently of the fieldbus or across the fieldbus (especially via an OPC UA client using the connection mentioned under 1. above) or be deposited
3. 3. All changes to the user requirements or parameters are transmitted to the control device (in particular to its server application and / or an adaptation application).
4. 4. The control device (possibly with an adaptation application) converts the previously fieldbus-independent requirements or parameters (e.g. a specified cycle time) to one or more fieldbus-specific requirement (s) or parameters (e.g. for different fieldbuses to one each cycle time supported by the respective fieldbus, which comes closest to the cycle time specified independently of the fieldbus - or for other parameters as well)
5. 5. The control device (possibly with an adaptation application) uses an OPC UA client (this can be the second client application mentioned herein) to connect to a respective OPC UA server of one or more field devices and set the implemented user requirements or parameters there

According to the invention, the machine control or control device controls a mechatronic system. The mechatronic system has, on the one hand, mechatronic components, which means, for example, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic components or components that are combined or otherwise based on these principles, which are combined in a system network and as such function as a combined, mechatronic unit or mechatronic machine.

This can, for example, be a machine tool in which several electric motors drive the axes of the machine tool. Components of the mechatronic system are preferably coordinated by one or more machine controls, if necessary synchronized and controlled as a system network. The machine control is, for example, a logic control such as a programmable logic controller (PLC), a motion control such as a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) or - in general terms - a higher-level system control that is also composed of several different control platforms and architectures can be.

The machine control can be an integrated machine control which also integrates a real-time component, in software or hardware, and a higher-level logic control, process control or general control in one unit, preferably in a housing.

Such a machine control can be separate and dedicated hardware, that is to say, for example, an electronic component of the mechatronic system that is designed as a physical machine control. However, it can also be an embedded controller or a virtual controller, for example emulated or virtualized on an industrial PC. Finally, a control can also be implemented as a software application on an (industrial) PC.

According to the invention, a machine control is integrated as a network participant in the network for data exchange. The machine control receives, sends, processes, manages, coordinates, creates or generates machine configuration data. Such data are, for example, data related to the mechatronic system or data originating from the mechatronic system. These configuration data are communicated by the machine control, i.e. sent and / or received.

For a mechatronic system, this is an essential prerequisite for smooth functioning. This is where the invention comes into play, in that the machine control for communicating the configuration data can optionally be configured as a subscriber and / or as a publisher of a publish / subscribe communication architecture. The data exchange standard can provide various transmission architectures which the invention uses in an application-specific manner. In the present case, a publish / subscribe architecture of the data exchange standard is used for the transmission. It is characteristic of such a publish / subscribe architecture that the publisher does not address the subscriber (s) individually and therefore does not necessarily “know” them.

According to the invention, machine configuration data (for the sake of simplicity also referred to as “configuration data” for the sake of simplicity) can be provided with all the advantages of a publish / subscribe architecture (for example, configuration data to be distributed simultaneously for a plurality of subscribers and / or cyclically). For this purpose, the machine control can be configured as a subscriber or publisher compliant with the data exchange standard.

The transmission can be in the form of conforming to the data exchange standard Network messages take place, which are each provided for a flexible number of subscribers, with a network subscriber - generally speaking - according to the message identifier selectively receives or selects his message to be received and / or the data record of interest to him based on the message identifier from a network message selectively removes.

In the aforementioned publish / subscribe architecture, a publisher carries out the transmission in the form of network messages that conform to the data exchange standard. The data is identified and transferred using methods or functionalities that are standardized in the data exchange standard. Such messages are each provided for a flexible number of subscribers.

Advantageous embodiments and developments emerge from the subclaims and from the description with reference to the figures.

• Verfügbarkeit (vor allem Verfügbarkeitsanforderungen von Netzwerkteilnehmern oder -applikationen, etwa in Bezug auf zeitliche Verfügbarkeit oder
• Ansprechbarkeit von Netzwerkteilnehmern oder Speicherplatz-Verfügbarkeit) Übertragungszeit oder -dauer
• Verlässlichkeit
• Transferintervall
• (Z.B. Maximale) Länge eines Nutzerdatenfelds
• Aktualisierungszeit oder -zyklus
• Priorität
• Konnektivität
• Datendurchsatz
• Lebensdauer (etwa eines Datenpakets, z.B. angegeben in Sekunden oder Zyklenanzahl oder Hops)
• Maximale Größe von Datenfeldern oder Netzwerknachrichten (Telegrammen).

According to a preferred development, it is provided that the first server application is set up to receive fieldbus-independent configuration data from the first, in particular external, client application. The term "fieldbus-independent configuration data" can include configuration data required for a fieldbus or a fieldbus standard, which - for example by a user - are initially specified independently of the fieldbus and are converted to one or more target fieldbus standard (s) by means of the invention. Thus, the user can advantageously use the first client application to specify appropriate configuration data such as a cycle time, a maximum latency and / or a data volume independently of the fieldbus and apply and / or implement (map) them using the invention on the respective fieldbus used. Typical configuration data can also include in any combination:

• Availability (especially availability requirements of network participants or applications, for example with regard to time availability or
• Accessibility of network participants or availability of storage space) Transmission time or duration
• reliability
• Transfer interval
• (E.g. maximum) length of a user data field
• Update time or cycle
• priority
• Connectivity
• Throughput
• Service life (e.g. of a data packet, e.g. specified in seconds or number of cycles or hops)
• Maximum size of data fields or network messages (telegrams).

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the first server application is set up to implement an abstraction layer information model of a hardware abstraction layer of the control device, in particular to display it in its address space, the fieldbus-independent configuration data received from the first client application using the Abstraction layer information model of the first server application can be transferred to the hardware abstraction layer. The abstraction layer information model of the first server application of the control device thus advantageously creates an interface for transmitting the configuration data to the hardware abstraction layer of the control device.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the control device has an adapter which assigns the fieldbus-independent configuration data received by the first server application to fieldbus-specific configuration data. As a result, the configuration data specified independently of the field bus can advantageously be used by a plurality of the at least one field bus system.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the second client application is set up to transmit the fieldbus-specific configuration data generated by the adapter of the control device to a second server application of an, in particular external, fieldbus-specific control module.

The second server application of the fieldbus-specific control module thus advantageously receives the corresponding fieldbus-specific configuration data using the uniform data exchange standard.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the data exchange standard supports the transmission of a syntactic and / or semantic description of the hardware abstraction layer of the control device. The communication architecture or the data exchange standard used according to the invention is thus advantageously able to specify a plurality of data types and specific units of the respective data.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the configuration data have a network configuration of the at least one network participant of the plurality of network participants of the at least one field bus system, and the network participants are formed by field devices. The control device according to the invention is thus advantageously able to configure network subscribers or field devices of the at least one field bus system in the network or to define corresponding user requirements with regard to the network configuration using the uniform data exchange standard.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the at least one network participant has the plurality of network participants of the at least one field bus system, in particular the field devices of different field bus protocols, Sercos field devices, EtherCAT field devices, Profinet field devices and / or CAN field devices. The control device according to the invention is thus advantageously able to configure in a centralized and cross-system relevant and frequently used field devices of different fieldbus protocols in the network.

According to a further preferred development, it is provided that the data exchange standard supports a publish / subscribe communication model, the first server application and the second server application being configured as subscribers and the second client application being configured as publisher. The publisher thus advantageously sends the configuration data over the network and the at least one further network participant, the subscriber, receives the configuration data by means of the data exchange standard over the network. The publisher carries out the transmission in the form of network messages, each of which is provided for subscribers who can be selected as required and are decoupled from the publisher. The subscriber receives the network message with its configuration data to be obtained, in each case preferably event-controlled, selectively or selects it and / or selectively takes the configuration data to be obtained from the network message.

The refinements and developments described can be combined with one another as required.

Further possible configurations, developments and implementations of the invention also include combinations, not explicitly mentioned, of features of the invention described above or below with regard to the exemplary embodiments.

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The accompanying drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention. They illustrate embodiments and, in conjunction with the description, serve to explain principles and concepts of the invention.

Other embodiments and many of the advantages mentioned emerge with a view to the drawings. The elements shown in the drawings are not necessarily shown true to scale with respect to one another.

• 1 ein schematisches Diagramm mit einem Kommunikationsverlauf einer erfindungsgemäßen Steuervorrichtung gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung;
• 2 ein schematisches Diagramm mit dem Kommunikationsverlauf der erfindungsgemäßen Steuervorrichtung gemäß der bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung; und
• 3 ein Ablaufdiagramm eines Verfahrens zum Übertragen von Konfigurationsdaten eines mechatronischen Systems in einem Netzwerk gemäß der bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung.

Show it:

• 1 a schematic diagram with a communication flow of a control device according to the invention according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
• 2 a schematic diagram with the communication flow of the control device according to the invention according to the preferred embodiment of the invention; and
• 3 a flowchart of a method for transmitting configuration data of a mechatronic system in a network according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the figures of the drawings, the same reference symbols denote the same or functionally identical elements, parts or components, unless stated otherwise.

1 shows a schematic diagram with a communication flow of a control device according to the invention according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

The control device 1 for transferring configuration data D. of a mechatronic system in a network 100 with a plurality of network participants 10 different field bus systems includes a first server application 34 . The first server application 34 is set up to do this, configuration data D. , in particular requirement parameters of a user, of a first client application 30th to receive and to a second client application 32 transferred to.

The control device 1 also has the second client application 32 on. The second client application 32 is set up to store the configuration data D. to at least one network participant 10 the majority of network participants 10 to transmit the at least one field bus system.

A data transfer by the first server application 34 from the first client application 30th received configuration data D. from the first server application 34 to the second client application 32 transferred configuration data D. and from the second client application to the at least one network participant 10 the majority of network participants 10 of the at least one field bus system transmitted configuration data D. can be carried out using a uniform data exchange standard. The data exchange standard according to the invention can, for example, be a machine-to-machine communication protocol such as OPC-UA. Alternatively, another data exchange standard that supports a publish / subscribe communication model can also be used.

The first server application 34 is set up for this by the first, in particular external, client application 30th fieldbus-independent configuration data D1 to recieve. The first server application 34 is also set up to use an abstraction layer information model 18th a hardware abstraction layer 20th the control device 1 to implement it, in particular it in its address space 18a to represent.

The one from the first client application 30th received fieldbus-independent configuration data D1 are using the abstraction layer information model 18th the first server application 34 to the hardware abstraction layer 20th transferable.

The control device 1 also has an adapter 22nd on. The adapter 22nd arranges the through the first server application 34 received, fieldbus-independent configuration data D1 fieldbus-specific configuration data D2 to.

The fieldbus-specific configuration data D2 are in 1 for example as Sercos parameters 25a , Ethercat parameters 25b , Profinet parameters 25c and CAN parameters 25d shown.

The second client application 32 is set up to do this by the adapter 22nd the control device 1 generated fieldbus-specific configuration data to a second server application 36a , 36b , 36c , 36d an, in particular external, fieldbus-specific control module 38a , 38b , 38c , 38d transferred to.

According to the invention, the fieldbus-specific control modules have a Sercos control module 38a , an Ethercat control module 38b , a Profinet control module 38c and a CAN control module 38d on. The above-mentioned control modules are only of an exemplary nature, the above-mentioned list not being exhaustive.

The control device according to the invention and the corresponding control method are also able to support other known field bus systems.

The data exchange standard also supports the transmission of a syntactic and / or semantic description of the hardware abstraction layer of the control device 1 .

The configuration data D. have a network configuration of the at least one network participant 10 the majority of network participants 10 of the at least one field bus system. The network participants 10 are preferably formed by field devices. In 1 are an example of a Sercos field device in this context 24a , an Ethercat field device 24b , a Profinet field device 24c and a CAN field device 24d shown.

As mentioned above, the data exchange standard according to the invention supports a publish / subscribe communication model. The first server application 34 and the second server application 36a , 36b , 36c , 36d are here as a subscriber and the second client application 32 configured as publisher.

2 shows a schematic diagram with the communication flow of the control device according to the invention according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

The first client application 30th is also able to send fieldbus-dependent application parameters, which are used to control the corresponding network participants or field devices, directly to the second server application 36a transferred to.

The transmission of the fieldbus-independent configuration data or communication parameters and the fieldbus-dependent configuration data or communication parameters are carried out as in 1 presented via the control device 1 transmitted and processed.

3 shows a flowchart of a method for transmitting configuration data D. of a mechatronic system in a network 100 with a plurality of network participants 10 at least one field bus system according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

The method comprises receiving S1 of configuration data D. , in particular of requirement parameters of a user, from a first client application 30th by means of a first server application 34 .

The method further comprises a transmission S2 of the from the first client application 30th received configuration data D. to a second client application 32 using the first server application 34 .

The method also includes a transmission S3 of the configuration data D. to at least one network participant 10 the majority of network participants 10 of the at least one field bus system by means of the second client application 32 , a data transfer being carried out by the first server application 34 from the first client application 30th received configuration data D. from the first server application 34 to the second client application 32 transferred configuration data D. and from the second client application to the at least one network participant 10 the majority of network participants 10 of the at least one field bus system transmitted configuration data D. is carried out by a uniform data exchange standard.

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Claims (11)

Control device (1) for transmitting configuration data (D) of a mechatronic system in a network (100) with a plurality of network participants (10) of at least one field bus system, with a first server application (34) which is set up to transmit configuration data (D ), in particular request parameters from a user, to receive a first client application (30) and to transmit them to a second client application (32); and with the second client application (32), which is set up to transmit the configuration data (D) to at least one network participant (10) of the plurality of network participants (10) of the at least one field bus system, characterized in that a data transfer by the first server application (34) from the first client application (30) received configuration data (D), the configuration data (D) transmitted from the first server application (34) to the second client application (32) and from the second client application to the at least one network participant (10) of the plurality of network participants (10) of the at least one field bus system transmitted configuration data (D) can be carried out by a uniform data exchange standard. Control device according to Claim 1 characterized in that the first server application (34) is set up to receive fieldbus-independent configuration data (D1) from the first, in particular external, client application (30). Control device according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the first server application (34) is set up to implement an abstraction layer information model (18) of a hardware abstraction layer (20) of the control device (1), in particular to represent it in its address space (18a) of the first client application (30) received fieldbus-independent configuration data (D1) can be transmitted to the hardware abstraction layer (20) using the abstraction layer information model (18) of the first server application (34). Control device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control device (1) has an adapter (22) which assigns the fieldbus-independent configuration data (D1) received by the first server application (34) to fieldbus-specific configuration data (D2). Control device according to Claim 4 , characterized in that the second client application (32) is set up to send the fieldbus-specific configuration data (D2) generated by the adapter (22) of the control device (1) to a second server application (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) a, in particular external, fieldbus-specific control module (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d). Control device according to one of the Claims 3 to 5 , characterized in that the data exchange standard supports the transmission of a syntactic and / or semantic description of the hardware abstraction layer (20) of the control device (1). Control device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the configuration data (D) have a network configuration of the at least one network subscriber (10) of the plurality of network subscribers (10) of the at least one field bus system, and wherein the network subscribers (10) are provided by field devices (24a, 24b, 24c, 24d) are formed. Control device according to Claim 7 , characterized in that the at least one network participant (10) of the plurality of network participants (10) of the at least one field bus system, in particular the field devices (24a, 24b, 24c, 24d) of different field bus protocols, Sercos field devices (24a), EtherCAT field devices ( 24b), Profinet field devices (24c) and / or CAN field devices (24d). Control device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data exchange standard supports a publish / subscribe communication model, the first server application (34) and the second server application (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d) as subscribers and the second client application (32) are configured as a publisher. A method for transmitting configuration data (D) of a mechatronic system in a network (100) with a plurality of network participants (10) of at least one field bus system, with the steps of: receiving (S1) configuration data (D), in particular request parameters of a user, from a first client application (30) by means of a first server application (34); Transmitting (S2) the configuration data (D) received from the first client application (30) to a second client application (32) by means of the first server application (34); and transmitting (S3) the configuration data (D) to at least one network subscriber (10) of the plurality of network subscribers (10) of the at least one field bus system by means of the second client application (32), characterized in that a data transfer of the Application (34) from the first client application (30) received configuration data (D), which from the first server Application (34) to the second client application (32) transmitted configuration data (D) and the configuration data (D) transmitted from the second client application to the at least one network participant (10) of the plurality of network participants (10) of the at least one field bus system is carried out by a uniform data exchange standard. Computer program product for a computer device, in particular for a machine control, which, when executed on a computer device, uses a method according to Claim 10 executes.

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