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Flexibly configurable, data transmission object

US8880197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG · CH

Inventors

Marco Colucci · Lörrach, DE
Dion Bouwer · Reinach, CH
Jochen Stinus · Inzlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2010
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A field device for connection to a fieldbus, wherein the field device is designed to exchange via the fieldbus a data transmission object with a host computer or with an additional field device, wherein the data transmission object has a plurality of freely loadable, transmission berths, and wherein the field device includes a data mapping structure, which establishes an association between variables to be transmitted and transmission berths of the data transmission object.

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