The system-independent data exchange format CAEX for supporting an automatic configuration of a production monitoring and control system

This contribution presents the usage of an abstract data exchange format for an automatic configuration of a production monitoring and control system. The automatic configuration procedure re-uses already existing engineering information stored in a standardized and system-independent data format like CAEX. Standard data formats enable - beside the possibility of reaching a transparent engineering value creation chain - the data access of computational algorithms which automatically analyze those data and automatically create engineering results out of them. Standard data formats are a key for the idea of ldquoautomation of automationrdquo. The concept is exemplarily implemented and explained by means of the configuration of ProVis.Agentreg and ProVis.Visureg using CAEX.