WO2017093286A1 - Method and system for transferring computer files - Google Patents

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WO2017093286A1
WO2017093286A1 PCT/EP2016/079223 EP2016079223W WO2017093286A1 WO 2017093286 A1 WO2017093286 A1 WO 2017093286A1 EP 2016079223 W EP2016079223 W EP 2016079223W WO 2017093286 A1 WO2017093286 A1 WO 2017093286A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method as well as to a system for transferring computer files to a component of an industrial installation, especially for the purpose of updating.
  • Production or infrastructure installations, related equipment and dedicated systems, in the following summarized under the term industrial installation, would be configured by the respective industrial installation operator adopting components, also called modules, typically supplied by multiple vendors.
  • Such industrial installations are dedicated to, for example, manufacuring mechanical parts, processing pre-fabricated materials, production of chemicals, assembly of passenger cars or commercial vehicles and related components and units, diagnosis of medical samples, bottling of beverages, packaging of food, traffic guidance, water supply, as well as waste water disposal and purification, or transmission and distribution of electrical energy.
  • An operator would typically operate multiple industrial installations with identical, similar or different configurations, moreover, such installations may be based in different geographical locations.
  • One vendor would typically supply components not only to one operator but to multiple industrial installation operators, such that components from one vendor are installed in industrial installations of multiple operators.
  • Such states along the lifecycle of an industrial installation, versus operational states of an installation, comprise set-up, implementing components, re-arranging, maintenance and eventually dismantling.
  • Related computer files comprise configuration data, programme code for controls, for man-machine interfaces and for management systems, as well as data concerning maintenance instructions and/or related executed maintenance tasks and/or related results. Accordingly, component vendors are required along the lifecycle of components to transfer computer files to a component or an industrial installation, or to he outside of the installation.
  • Device control With file transfers related to hardware and software systems in offices, especially for software patching, products summarized under the generic term device control would be used, especially for protection against malware and data loss.
  • Device control has inherited limitations for operators of industrial installations and respective component vendors, resulting into disadvantages as to process reliabilty and process economy, because of which device control is not satisfactory adoptable to industrial installations. This applies even in cases where a remote storage device is used via a computer network. Especially the following disadvantages have to be considered:
  • a file is only identified by the device it is stored on, thus a file with the same data content is inherently treated as a different file.
  • the storage device would be typically identified by the device ID. This system can cause problems in cases where files with the same data content are identified as different files and/or different files identified as the same because of identical storage device IDs.
  • component-specific files to be implemented in the industrial installation cover only sections of the industrial installation and the respective industrial process, e.g. components of just one vendor, such as of robots and related control and management systems, such that file transfer would not be accomplished vendor-independent across the industrial installation in total.
  • components of just one vendor such as of robots and related control and management systems
  • file transfer is performed only at a given point of time, without data from past Oder targeted states and/or life cyicte states of a industrial Installation and/or a component being stored or taken into account.
  • malware which becomes known at a later point of time, yet introduced at an earlier point of time could not be detected and eliminated in the installation.
  • the problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a method and a system for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation which overcomes the disadvantages described above and accomplishes a file transfer which improves process reliabilty.
  • a method for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation comprising the following stages: providing data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation, collecting data concerning the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation, providing data concerning respective orders, comparing data concerning the acutal state with order data and evaluating data concerning the acutal state and/or order data as to their suitability based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, selecting suitable order data, compiling selected order data to an order file and transferring the order file to the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • each new file to be implemented is compiled from data to be selected as suitable data.
  • the related evaluation for suitability also takes into account data concerning states in the past and/or states targeted for the future, both as to the component and/or to the industrial installation.
  • the file to be transferred is therefore tailored and selected as to the data content, such that feasibilty is given as to requirements concerning component or industrial installation.
  • a system for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation comprising: a data storing device, storing an order and result data base, which holds order and result data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation, a first data collection unit, designed for collecting data concerning the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation, a second data collection unit, designed for providing order data, a comparison and selection device, designed for comparing data concerning the actual state with order data, for evaluating data concerning the actual state and/or order data based on data concerning past and targeted states and for selecting suitable order data and a device for generating an order file, designed for compiling selected order data to an order file.
  • the system according to the present invention features a data storage device.
  • This storage device stores order and result data base, which holds order and result data, especially data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • the order and results data base holds files which especially contain order data and date concerning sources, targets and validities, such as data concerning previous, present and/or targeted states of the component and/or installation. Additionally, such files may contain data concerning previous, present and/or targeted states along the lifecycle of the component and/or the industrial installation. Such data may partly be gained from analysing other data hold in the storage device.
  • the storage device is installed at a vendor site or at an operator site, respectively.
  • the system according to the present invention features a first data collection unit.
  • This unit is designed for collecting data concerning the actual state and/or the actual stage along the lifecycle of a present component and/or a present industrial installation, especially data concerning the configuration of the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • the first data collection unit is implemented on the side of industrial installation. In other words, the unit establishes the present state.
  • the system according to the present invention features a second data collection unit.
  • This unit is designed for providing order data, which means data concerning the targeted state of a component and/or the industrial installation and/or the targeted stage along the lifecycle of industrial installation and/or component which is existing, to be installed or to be substituted.
  • order data especially comprise data concerning the targeted configuration of the industrial installation or a component and/or data, which are provided by a component vendor.
  • This unit is installed either at an operator site or at a component vendor site, depending on whether the system according to the present invention is vendor-indepenent or operator-independent respectively.
  • the system according to the present invention also features a comparison and selection device.
  • the device is designed for selecting suitable order data, which means selecting such order data provided by the second data collection unit, which have subsequently to be transferred to the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • he comparison and selection device is designed for comparing data concerning the actual state with order data.
  • the comparison stage has thus the purpose to compare the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation with the targeted state of the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • the comparison evaluation provides comparison data, which means that related order data differ according to the targeted or future state from the data concerning the actual or present state.
  • the order data identified by the comparison evaluation are also subjected to a suitability evaluation in order to exclude or substitute order data which could be implemented for achieving the targeted state of the component and/or the industrial installation, however, which must not be implemented in order to avoid compatibility problems, inconsistencies with other components and/or the industrial installation, deficiencies in process reliabilty and/or similar effects.
  • Selecting suitable order data is based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, which are provided by the comparison and selection device.
  • the suitablity evaluation is a feasibiity evaluation based on requirments specific to the component and/or to the industrial installation.
  • the comparison and selection evaluation according to the present invention using the comparison and selection device is exemplified in the following case.
  • Components of an industrial installation are equipped with respective control software.
  • the control software of a given component requires updating.
  • the update requirement is detected in a comparison evaluation.
  • software updating with the component is admissible only if software updating with another component is performed before.
  • the software update with this other component has not yet been performed and is scheduled only for a later pint of time.
  • the software update with the given component could be performed the update will not be performed because this could cause inconsistencies as to the requirement of a previous software update with the other component.
  • the system also comprises a device for generating order files.
  • This device is designed for compiling data previously selected by the comparison and selection device to an order file and for providing the file for transfer.
  • the order file generated accordingly thus takes into account all data gained with the two data collection units as well as with the comparison and selection device, especially also data concerning states and/or stages along the iifecycle of a component and/or the industrial installation.
  • the order file generated accordingly may be transferred to the component and/or the industrial installation and implemented for the purpose of updating.
  • the method and the system according to the present invention provides an innovative opportunity for transferring file to a component of an industrial installation such that the data contained in the file are evaluated as to suitability, which not only improves practices but also guarantees process reliability and economy.
  • the evaluation especially takes into account data concerning previous, present and trageted states of one or more components and/or the industrial installation along the respective Iifecycle. Thus, the evaluation for suitability does not only address the respective present states.
  • FIG. 1 in a purely diagrammatic illustration a system according to the present invention focussing a single application
  • FIG. 2 in a purely diagrammatic illustration a system according to the present invention focussing a multiple application.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates diagrammatically an industrial installation 1, which may be a beverage bottling installation, a metal sheet processing installation with pressing or laser cutting, or an industiral installation management and control system.
  • the industrial installation 1 consists of multiple components, with the exemplified case showing five components 10, 20, 30, 40 und 50.
  • a component is a module of industrial installation 1, which in combination with the other components facilitates the operational purpose of the industrial installation 1.
  • Such components or modules may be computer units, control components, conveyor and/or other component of an industrial installation.
  • the industrial installation 1 In maintaining the operational purpose of the industrial installation 1 it is required from time to time to transfer files to one or more components, within components or from components. For example, this may be required if components need maintenance or subsitution with another component, which may involve adaptation and/or integration of software as to the components, if an update of software has to be implemented or the lifecycle of the industrial installation has to be adapted in the future.
  • a suitability evaluation of data contained in such files is performed based on past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial Installation, especially data specifying states along the lifecycle of the component and/or the industrial installation.
  • an evaluation unit 300 which comprises a comparison and selection device 310 and a data storage device 320.
  • the comparison and evaluation device 310 comprises a device for generating order files.
  • the data storage device 320 holds an order and result data bases, which contains order and result data concerning past and/or targeted states of the components 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and/or the industrial installation 1. This data storage device communicates with the comparison and selection device 310.
  • the system according to the present invention also provides two data collection units, a first data collection unit 100 and a second data collection unit 200.
  • the second data collection unit 200 is designed for providing order data, which means data concerning a targeted state.
  • the order data also also provided by the comparison and selection device 310.
  • the comparison and selection unit 310 is designed, on the one hand, for comparing data concerning the actual state with the order data, and on the other hand, for evaluating data concerning past and/or trageted state and for selecting suitable order data.
  • diffemces between the actual state and the targeted state are established, and on the other hand, it is evaluated if order data required for the targeted state are suitable for transfer to the industrial installation 1 or one or more of the respective components. If so, suitable order data is selected and compiled to an order file by the device for generating an order file. This order file is then transferred to the respective component 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and/or the industrial installation 1.
  • a device for result files 400 is provided.
  • This device is designed for compiling data concerning executed orders to a result file. This data is stored as well as the order data in the data strage device 320, such that is available for future evaluation as to suitability.
  • a system according to the present invention or parts thereof may be implemented in the industrial installation 1 or ist components, or implemented in a remote location. Therefore, implementation according to the present invention is not limited to a specific combination with the industrial installation. Rather, it is critical that data is combined in the above described manner, after comparison and evaluation for suitability, and compiled in an order file, with the evaluation taking into account past, present and targeted states along the lifecycle of a component 10, 20, 30, 40, SO and/or the industrial installation, especially as to the respective installed state and/or results of prior orders, such as concerning maintenance with programme code for software updates.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates diagrammatically a configuration which is designed vendor-independent on the one hand, and operator-indepent on the other hand.
  • one operator 501 operates three industrial installations 1.
  • a second operator 502 operates two industrial installations 1.
  • a system 2 is implemented according to the present invention with Fig. 2 illustrating diagrammatically that system 2 is designed for transferring data to component 10 of the first industrial installation 1, to component 30 of the second industrial installation 1 and to components 30 and 40 of the third industrial installation 1. Data transfer is therefore performed independently of the respective component vendor and is therefore operator-f ocussed .
  • Vendor 600 also uses system 2 according to the present invention, in which case it has the purpose of transferring files to respective components 50 of indviduai industrial installations 1 independently of operator 501 and 501 respectively. As far as components 50 are concernced file transfer is performed operator-independent, and is therefore vendor-focussed.
  • 311 Device for generating order files 320 Data storage device

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The present invention relates to a method for transferring files to a component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) of an industrial installation (1), especially for the purpose of updating, comprising the following stages: - provoding data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), - provoding data concerning the actual state of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), - providing order data, - comparing data concerning the actual state with order data and evaluating data concerning the actual state and/or order data as to suitability based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, - selecting suitable order data, - compiling selected order data to an order file and - transferring the order file to the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1).

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Method and system for transferring computer files
The present invention relates to a method as well as to a system for transferring computer files to a component of an industrial installation, especially for the purpose of updating.
Production or infrastructure installations, related equipment and dedicated systems, in the following summarized under the term industrial installation, would be configured by the respective industrial installation operator adopting components, also called modules, typically supplied by multiple vendors. Such industrial installations are dedicated to, for example, manufacuring mechanical parts, processing pre-fabricated materials, production of chemicals, assembly of passenger cars or commercial vehicles and related components and units, diagnosis of medical samples, bottling of beverages, packaging of food, traffic guidance, water supply, as well as waste water disposal and purification, or transmission and distribution of electrical energy.
An operator would typically operate multiple industrial installations with identical, similar or different configurations, moreover, such installations may be based in different geographical locations.
One vendor would typically supply components not only to one operator but to multiple industrial installation operators, such that components from one vendor are installed in industrial installations of multiple operators.
Along the iifecycie of an industrial installation it is repeatedly required to transfer computer
files to the installation, within the installation or to the outside of the installation, especially to change the installation configuration, e.g. for adaption to environmental changes. Such states along the lifecycle of an industrial installation, versus operational states of an installation, comprise set-up, implementing components, re-arranging, maintenance and eventually dismantling. Related computer files comprise configuration data, programme code for controls, for man-machine interfaces and for management systems, as well as data concerning maintenance instructions and/or related executed maintenance tasks and/or related results. Accordingly, component vendors are required along the lifecycle of components to transfer computer files to a component or an industrial installation, or to he outside of the installation.
It is state of the art and common practice in transferring files to a component of an industrial installation to use data storage devices, such as USB sticks. Such data storage devices would be used by personnel of an industrial installation operator or personnel of a component vendor. In each case it takes suitable coordination of personnel.
With file transfers related to hardware and software systems in offices, especially for software patching, products summarized under the generic term device control would be used, especially for protection against malware and data loss. Device control has inherited limitations for operators of industrial installations and respective component vendors, resulting into disadvantages as to process reliabilty and process economy, because of which device control is not satisfactory adoptable to industrial installations. This applies even in cases where a remote storage device is used via a computer network. Especially the following disadvantages have to be considered:
According to a known implementation a file is only identified by the device it is stored on, thus a file with the same data content is inherently treated as a different file. The storage device would be typically identified by the device ID. This system can cause problems in cases where files with the same data content are identified as different files and/or different files identified as the same because of identical storage device IDs.
In general, in approving a file the source of the file is not specified or authorised, and also the target system is not identified. In case the target system requires such authorisation or identifcation post-processing becomes necessary after file tranter. In addition, from the perspective of an industrial installation operator, component-specific files to be implemented in the industrial installation cover only sections of the industrial installation and the respective industrial process, e.g. components of just one vendor, such as of robots and related control and management systems, such that file transfer would not be accomplished vendor-independent across the industrial installation in total. Respectively, from the perspective of a component vendor file transfer would not be installation-independent or operator-independent.
Moreover, file transfer is performed only at a given point of time, without data from past Oder targeted states and/or life cyicte states of a industrial Installation and/or a component being stored or taken into account. For example, malware which becomes known at a later point of time, yet introduced at an earlier point of time could not be detected and eliminated in the installation.
Based on the above considerations the problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a method and a system for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation which overcomes the disadvantages described above and accomplishes a file transfer which improves process reliabilty.
On the method side, as a solution to this problem, a method for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation is proposed, especially for the purpose of updating, comprising the following stages: providing data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation, collecting data concerning the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation, providing data concerning respective orders, comparing data concerning the acutal state with order data and evaluating data concerning the acutal state and/or order data as to their suitability based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, selecting suitable order data, compiling selected order data to an order file and transferring the order file to the component and/or the industrial installation.
Contrary to prior art, with the method according to the present invention the substitution of a file by another file is not simply carried out without not taking into account additional states of the component and/or the industrial installation. According to the present invention, each new file to be implemented is compiled from data to be selected as suitable data. The related evaluation for suitability also takes into account data concerning states in the past and/or states targeted for the future, both as to the component and/or to the industrial installation. The file to be transferred is therefore tailored and selected as to the data content, such that feasibilty is given as to requirements concerning component or industrial installation.
On the system side, as a solution to this problem, a system for transferring files to a component of an industrial installation is proposed, especially for the purpose of updating, comprising: a data storing device, storing an order and result data base, which holds order and result data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation, a first data collection unit, designed for collecting data concerning the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation, a second data collection unit, designed for providing order data, a comparison and selection device, designed for comparing data concerning the actual state with order data, for evaluating data concerning the actual state and/or order data based on data concerning past and targeted states and for selecting suitable order data and a device for generating an order file, designed for compiling selected order data to an order file.
The system according to the present invention features a data storage device. This storage device stores order and result data base, which holds order and result data, especially data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial installation. Accordingly, the order and results data base holds files which especially contain order data and date concerning sources, targets and validities, such as data concerning previous, present and/or targeted states of the component and/or installation. Additionally, such files may contain data concerning previous, present and/or targeted states along the lifecycle of the component and/or the industrial installation. Such data may partly be gained from analysing other data hold in the storage device. Depending on systems implementation, whether operator-independent or vendor- independent, the storage device is installed at a vendor site or at an operator site, respectively.
Moreover, the system according to the present invention features a first data collection unit. This unit is designed for collecting data concerning the actual state and/or the actual stage along the lifecycle of a present component and/or a present industrial installation, especially data concerning the configuration of the component and/or the industrial installation. Preferably, the first data collection unit is implemented on the side of industrial installation. In other words, the unit establishes the present state.
The system according to the present invention features a second data collection unit. This unit is designed for providing order data, which means data concerning the targeted state of a component and/or the industrial installation and/or the targeted stage along the lifecycle of industrial installation and/or component which is existing, to be installed or to be substituted. Such order data especially comprise data concerning the targeted configuration of the industrial installation or a component and/or data, which are provided by a component vendor. This unit is installed either at an operator site or at a component vendor site, depending on whether the system according to the present invention is vendor-indepenent or operator-independent respectively.
The system according to the present invention also features a comparison and selection device. The device is designed for selecting suitable order data, which means selecting such order data provided by the second data collection unit, which have subsequently to be transferred to the component and/or the industrial installation. For this purpose, he comparison and selection device is designed for comparing data concerning the actual state with order data. The comparison stage has thus the purpose to compare the actual state of the component and/or the industrial installation with the targeted state of the component and/or the industrial installation. As a result, the comparison evaluation provides comparison data, which means that related order data differ according to the targeted or future state from the data concerning the actual or present state.
The order data identified by the comparison evaluation are also subjected to a suitability evaluation in order to exclude or substitute order data which could be implemented for achieving the targeted state of the component and/or the industrial installation, however, which must not be implemented in order to avoid compatibility problems, inconsistencies with other components and/or the industrial installation, deficiencies in process reliabilty and/or similar effects. Selecting suitable order data is based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, which are provided by the comparison and selection device. Insofar, the suitablity evaluation is a feasibiity evaluation based on requirments specific to the component and/or to the industrial installation.
The comparison and selection evaluation according to the present invention using the comparison and selection device is exemplified in the following case. Components of an industrial installation are equipped with respective control software. The control software of a given component requires updating. The update requirement is detected in a comparison evaluation. Based on data concerning past and/or targeted states of the industrial installation stored in the storage device it is known that software updating with the component is admissible only if software updating with another component is performed before. The software update with this other component has not yet been performed and is scheduled only for a later pint of time. Although the software update with the given component could be performed the update will not be performed because this could cause inconsistencies as to the requirement of a previous software update with the other component.
The system acording to the present invention also comprises a device for generating order files. This device is designed for compiling data previously selected by the comparison and selection device to an order file and for providing the file for transfer. The order file generated accordingly thus takes into account all data gained with the two data collection units as well as with the comparison and selection device, especially also data concerning states and/or stages along the iifecycle of a component and/or the industrial installation.
The order file generated accordingly may be transferred to the component and/or the industrial installation and implemented for the purpose of updating.
According to another feature of the present invention provision is made for generating result files concerning executed orders.
The method and the system according to the present invention provides an innovative opportunity for transferring file to a component of an industrial installation such that the data contained in the file are evaluated as to suitability, which not only improves practices but also guarantees process reliability and economy. The evaluation especially takes into account data concerning previous, present and trageted states of one or more components and/or the industrial installation along the respective Iifecycle. Thus, the evaluation for suitability does not only address the respective present states.
Further features and advantages result from the following description with illustrations. They illustrate the following:
Fig. 1 in a purely diagrammatic illustration a system according to the present invention focussing a single application
Fig. 2 in a purely diagrammatic illustration a system according to the present invention focussing a multiple application.
The case exemplified by the illustrations is only diagrammatic. This exemplification does not limit the present invention and is for explanation of one implementation only. Especially, the method and the system according to the present invention is not limited to a specificiy designed industrial installation and/or to a specificly designed component. Rather, the method and the system according to the present invention can be adopted to any industry or industrial installation.
Fig. 1 illustrates diagrammatically an industrial installation 1, which may be a beverage bottling installation, a metal sheet processing installation with pressing or laser cutting, or an industiral installation management and control system.
The industrial installation 1 consists of multiple components, with the exemplified case showing five components 10, 20, 30, 40 und 50. Such a component is a module of industrial installation 1, which in combination with the other components facilitates the operational purpose of the industrial installation 1. Such components or modules may be computer units, control components, conveyor and/or other component of an industrial installation.
In maintaining the operational purpose of the industrial installation 1 it is required from time to time to transfer files to one or more components, within components or from components. For example, this may be required if components need maintenance or subsitution with another component, which may involve adaptation and/or integration of software as to the components, if an update of software has to be implemented or the lifecycle of the industrial installation has to be adapted in the future.
In order to maintain process reliability for the overall industrial installation while implementing such files, according to the present invention, a suitability evaluation of data contained in such files is performed based on past and/or targeted states of the component and/or the industrial Installation, especially data specifying states along the lifecycle of the component and/or the industrial installation.
This is why an evaluation unit 300 is provided, which comprises a comparison and selection device 310 and a data storage device 320. In turn, the comparison and evaluation device 310 comprises a device for generating order files.
The data storage device 320 holds an order and result data bases, which contains order and result data concerning past and/or targeted states of the components 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and/or the industrial installation 1. This data storage device communicates with the comparison and selection device 310. The system according to the present invention also provides two data collection units, a first data collection unit 100 and a second data collection unit 200.
The second data collection unit 200 is designed for providing order data, which means data concerning a targeted state. The order data also also provided by the comparison and selection device 310.
The comparison and selection unit 310 is designed, on the one hand, for comparing data concerning the actual state with the order data, and on the other hand, for evaluating data concerning past and/or trageted state and for selecting suitable order data. Thus, on the one hand, diffemces between the actual state and the targeted state are established, and on the other hand, it is evaluated if order data required for the targeted state are suitable for transfer to the industrial installation 1 or one or more of the respective components. If so, suitable order data is selected and compiled to an order file by the device for generating an order file. This order file is then transferred to the respective component 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and/or the industrial installation 1.
Moreover, a device for result files 400 is provided. This device is designed for compiling data concerning executed orders to a result file. This data is stored as well as the order data in the data strage device 320, such that is available for future evaluation as to suitability.
The invidual devices according to the present invention explained above may be combinded in one system or be distributed to multiple systems in different locations, depending on required application. Likewise, a system according to the present invention or parts thereof, may be implemented in the industrial installation 1 or ist components, or implemented in a remote location. Therefore, implementation according to the present invention is not limited to a specific combination with the industrial installation. Rather, it is critical that data is combined in the above described manner, after comparison and evaluation for suitability, and compiled in an order file, with the evaluation taking into account past, present and targeted states along the lifecycle of a component 10, 20, 30, 40, SO and/or the industrial installation, especially as to the respective installed state and/or results of prior orders, such as concerning maintenance with programme code for software updates. Fig. 2 illustrates diagrammatically a configuration which is designed vendor-independent on the one hand, and operator-indepent on the other hand.
In the illustrated case one operator 501 operates three industrial installations 1. A second operator 502 operates two industrial installations 1.
With the one operator 501 a system 2 is implemented according to the present invention with Fig. 2 illustrating diagrammatically that system 2 is designed for transferring data to component 10 of the first industrial installation 1, to component 30 of the second industrial installation 1 and to components 30 and 40 of the third industrial installation 1. Data transfer is therefore performed independently of the respective component vendor and is therefore operator-f ocussed .
The respective components 50 of industrial installation 1 of the first operator 501 as well as of the second operator 501 are supplied by vendor 600. Vendor 600 also uses system 2 according to the present invention, in which case it has the purpose of transferring files to respective components 50 of indviduai industrial installations 1 independently of operator 501 and 501 respectively. As far as components 50 are concernced file transfer is performed operator-independent, and is therefore vendor-focussed.
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1 Industrial installation
2 System
10 Component
20 Component
30 Component
40 Component
50 Component
100 first data collection unit
200 second data collection unit
300 Data evaluation unit
310 Data comparison and selection device
311 Device for generating order files 320 Data storage device
400 Device for generating result files
501 first industrial installation operator
502 second industrial installation operator 600 Component vendor

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Patent claims
1. Method for transferring computer files to a component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) of an industrial installation (1), especially for the purpose of updating, comprising the following stages: providing data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), collecting data concerning the actual state of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), providing data concerning respective orders, comparing data concerning the actual state with order data and evaluating data concerning the acutal state and/or order data as to their suitability based on data concerning past and/or targeted states, selecting suitable order data compiling selected order data to an order file and transferring the order file to the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1).
2. Method acording to claim 1 also comprising: providing data gained by analysing other data.
3. Method acording to claim 1 or 2 also comprising: generating a result file by compiling data concerning executed orders.
4. Method according to claim 1 , 2 or 3 also comprising: storing the order file.
5. Method according to one or more of the prior claims also comprising: storing the result file.
6. System for transferring files to a component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) of an industrial installation (1), especially for tile purpose of updating, comprising: a data storing device (320), storing an order and result data base, which holds order and result data concerning past and/or targeted states of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), a first data collection unit (100), designed for collecting data concerning the actual state of the component (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and/or the industrial installation (1), a second data collection unit (200), designed for providing order data, a comparison and selection unit, designed for comparing data concerning the actual state with order data, for evaluating data concerning the actual state and/or order data based on data concerning past and targeted states and for selecting suitable order data and a device for generating an order file, designed for compiling selected order data to an order file.
7. System according to claim 6, additionally comprising: a device for generating a result file, designed for compiling data concerning executed orders to a result file.
8. System according to claims 5, 6 oder 6, characterized by an evaluation unit, comprising the storing device as well as the comparison and selection unit.
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