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Method for servicing a field device of automation technology in a radio network

US8995915B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG · CH

Inventors

Ingo Laible · Arlesheim, CH
Christian Seiler · Auggen, DE
Stefan Probst · Buchdorf, DE
Werner Thoren · Lübeck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2010
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for integrating a field device of automation technology into a radio network composed of a plurality of field devices, wherein the field device to be integrated switches, or is switched, at start-up, respectively, first start-up, into a special start-up mode, wherein, in the special start-up mode, a peer to peer connection to a service device or to a selected field device is produced on a specific channel and wherein integration data are transmitted from the service device or the selected field device to the field device to be integrated and/or diagnostic data of the field device are transmitted to the service device or to the selected field device.

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