Simplified field device exchange in a processing device

US10474138B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Burger-Scheidlin · Weißenfeld, DE
• Daniel Barisic · Dortmund, DE
• Tobias Gruber · Regenstauf, DE
• Anton Pfefferseder · Oberhaching, DE
• Husain Aljazzar · Lörrach, DE
• Dirk Stegemann · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2019
• Expiry date: May 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a processing device (2) that comprises a control unit (4) and at least one field device (8, 10, 12) connected to said control unit (4) for the purpose of exchanging data via a data exchange connection (6), in which a field device (10) to be exchanged is replaced by another field device (12) to be inserted, and which comprises the steps of: generating an exchange signal (AS) using an exchange signal generator (14), and transmitting said exchange signal (AS) to the control unit (4). The invention also relates to a corresponding processing device and a control unit, field device, and exchange signal generator, as well as a computer program.