Method for operating a system with drives which are mechanically coupled together and with a higher-level computer, and system

The invention relates to a method for operating a system with drives which are mechanically coupled together and with a higher-level computer which is connected to the drives via a data bus connection and to a system. A respective torque actual value is determined in each drive and transmitted to the higher-level computer, in particular by means of the data bus connection. For each drive, the higher-level computer determines a torque target value assigned to the respective drive, and the higher-level computer has regulators. Each drive is paired with one of the regulators, in particular in a unique manner, and the regulator assigned to each drive regulates the torque actual value of the respective drive to the torque target value of the respective drive in that the regulator determines a speed target value assigned to the respective drive as a control value and transmits same to the respective drive, in particular by means of the data bus connection. Each drive has a respective regulator to which the drive electric motor speed actual value determined in the drive is supplied and which regulates said respective speed actual value to the respective speed target value transmitted from the higher-level computer in that the regulator adjusts the motor voltage or the motor current of the electric motor of the respective drive.