Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090016462 | Field bus application comprising several field devices - In a fieldbus application with multiple field devices, in addition to a fieldbus serving as a wire-based communication network (CN | 01-15-2009 |
20090076629 | Field bus distribution unit - A field bus distribution unit (VE) designed for use in process automation technology involving several field devices. The unit is equipped with a microcontroller μC, which is connected to the field bus (FB) and transmits device-specific information of the field devices that are connected to a field bus distribution unit (VE). | 03-19-2009 |
20100063602 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLOCK MODEL BASED FIELD DEVICE FOR A DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SYSTEM - In a method for operating a field device working according to the block model for a distributed automation system, which exchanges data via a fieldbus, a first function block application serving for process control is provided, which makes available to other system participants process data via a first virtual field device object. In addition, a second function block application is provided, which serves for plant monitoring and which makes available to other system participants plant monitoring data via a second virtual field device object, wherein the first and second function block applications are executed according to different schedules. | 03-11-2010 |
20120233370 | PROCESS CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR A PROCESS AND/OR AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY APPARATUS - A process control arrangement (PKA), having a number of fieldbus systems (DP | 09-13-2012 |
20130041485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATED PLANT - A system for servicing field devices in an automated plant with a superordinated control/service unit, wherein the superordinated control/service unit accesses the field devices via a communication network. The communication network has at the control/servicing level a first bus system with a first transmission protocol and at the field level a second bus system with a second transmission protocol. The conversion of the two transmission protocols occurs in a gateway and provided in the gateway a basic software, which, upon the occurrence of an event, scans to ascertain the field devices arranged at the field level and utilizes the ascertained information concerning the field devices, in order to download the corresponding electronic device descriptions from an application server and to provide these to the control/service unit for servicing the field devices. The application server contains server apps. | 02-14-2013 |
20130211547 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AT LEAST ONE FIELD DEVICE INTO A NETWORK OF AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY - A method for integrating at least one field device into a network of automation technology, wherein a plurality of field devices are arranged distributed in an automated plant, wherein accessing of the field devices occurs via a field access unit, which communicates with at least one automation/integration platform and at least one web server of a service provider, wherein the service provider provides for each field device a virtual image of the field device in a database, wherein the service provider transmits to the operator of the automated plant via cloud-computing web services, or Internet based services, automatically or on query, the virtual image of the field device with concrete field device- and application-specific properties at run time (the virtual image is preferably transmitted directly into the field device, and wherein the field device performs its function in the automated plant, as soon as it is integrated into the network. | 08-15-2013 |