Abstract: A method for power station simulation by means of a piece of distributed simulation hardware allows automatic and unaltered adoption of an automation solution intended for a respective original system and in the process specifically also converts communication relationships between devices of the original system into communication relationships between corresponding emulation components.

Abstract: A method for power station simulation, particularly for test purposes, by means of a piece of distributed simulation hardware that includes one or more emulation units, each having at least one emulation component, and also a simulation unit having a process model, where the method includes operating the emulation components cyclically with a common cycle time, using a respective cycle to form a time stamp, and automatically providing a data packet that is saved by each emulation component with the respective time stamp upon an appropriate command, wherein the data of the data packet are organized in accordance with a prescribed format and comprise a signal map.