Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a deployment for an automated system based on system knowledge includes receiving user inputs comprising engineering documents and records of human-computer interactions and extracting knowledge data from the user inputs. A knowledge representation is generated based at least in part of the knowledge data. This knowledge representation comprises facts and rules related to the automated system. An automated reasoning engine is used to generate a set of actions executable by an automation engineering system based on the knowledge representation. An automated system deployment is generated based at least in part on the set of actions and the automated system deployment is implemented on the automated system.

Abstract: Provided is a system and a simulator for the disengageable simulation of installations or machines within programmable logic controllers, in which control program and simulation program are strictly separate within the same processing environment, wherein the direction of access for the input/output memory area during normal operation and the consistent reversal thereof in the simulation part are ensured, and which involves the simulation program being executed between the program cycles, with a virtual clock being stopped during the simulation. As a result, the test on an unaltered user program in the PLC avoids errors in the startup or test phase through code changes, and a timing response as in the genuine installation, particularly in the event of tests on timers and under race conditions, achieves a higher level of program quality through better test results.