Abstract: An exemplary method for engineering a Distributed Control System (DCS) having at least one Input/Output device and at least one controller that are communicatively connected. A user is prompted to request an application type and select a variant from one or more variant options, at least one device is identified from a plurality of devices available in the DCS, selecting at least one function block including function fragments from a library based on the user input, instances of function fragments are created and at least one instance of function fragments is arranged based on the at least one identified device from the plurality of devices and configuring the at least one identified device based on the created instances of function fragments. The selected solution variant option is determined from the arranged function fragments and changes are made dynamically to satisfy one or more identified DCS conditions.

Abstract: An exemplary method for engineering a Distributed Control System (DCS) having at least one Input/Output device and at least one controller that are communicatively connected. A user is prompted to request an application type and select a variant from one or more variant options, at least one device is identified from a plurality of devices available in the DCS, selecting at least one function block including function fragments from a library based on the user input, instances of function fragments are created and at least one instance of function fragments is arranged based on the at least one identified device from the plurality of devices and configuring the at least one identified device based on the created instances of function fragments. The selected solution variant option is determined from the arranged function fragments and changes are made dynamically to satisfy one or more identified DCS conditions.