Real-time control method for a control apparatus for a industrial technical process and real-time operating method for a computing apparatus

Detection units (6) detect status signals of an industrial technical process (1), which in their entirety represent an image of the process (1). They transmit the status signals to a common logic unit (3), which transmits the image of the process (1) at least partially via a transmission medium (7) to a computing device (8). The computing device (8) determines therefrom, while processing a control program (12), at least part of a control state for the process (1) and transmits it via the transmission medium (7) to the logic unit (3). The control state contains control signals for a number of control units (9). The logic unit (3) transmits to each of the control units (6) the control signals intended for the respective control unit (9). The control units (9) in turn act accordingly on the process (1). The above steps are executed repeatedly in real time with a cycle time (T) that is in the ms range or below.