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Method for expanding a functionality of a field device

US10514936B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Alber · Stuttgart, DE
Berthold Götz · Ditzingen, DE
Holger Speck · Konstanz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2017
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/24165
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for expanding a functionality of a field device for process automation technology in a system using a configuration device, comprising the steps of: establishing a connection from the configuration device to the field device; reading out an order code using the configuration device, wherein the order code represents the current functionalities of the field device; displaying the functionality of the field device on the configuration device; selecting additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device using the configuration device; establishing a connection to a central station; sending information about the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device to the central station; sending an activation code to activate the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality from the central station; and sending the activation code from the configuration device to the field device and activating the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device.

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