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Device for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation

US10712937B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

Dirk Wagener · Stadthagen, DE
Christoph Welte · Neu-Ulm, DE
Marcus Heege · Kaisersesch, DE
Wolfgang Mahnke · Hettenleidelheim, DE
Marko Schlueter · Espelkamp, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/32128
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation has a configuration tool that is designed to physically identify a field device in the automation installation, to logically incorporate it into the automation installation and to configurate it in the automation installation, wherein the configuration tool to this end resorts to a prescribed first field-device-specific information package that describes the functions and data of the field device at least in part. The screen may have a first screen element provided on it that has a plurality of second screen elements in a first orientation and a plurality of third screen elements, which are each subordinate to a second screen element, in a second orientation, wherein precisely one second screen element and at least one third screen element, which are logically connected to one another, are arranged along the second orientation.

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