The method involves sending a data packet by a network of a networked industrial controller. The data packet is received through a receiving unit of an industrial controller. The operating mode of the industrial controller is changed from one operating mode to another operating mode on the basis of the received data packet. The data packet is addressed to the industrial controller. Groups of components of the industrial controller are supplied with energy. The groups are different in the two operating modes. Independent claims are included for the following: (1) a computer program for executing the method for changing the operating mode of an industrial controller; and (2) a computer program product with a program code.
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