Method for integrating at least one field device into a network of automation technology

US9483035B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG · CH

Inventors

• Andreas Buchdunger · Neuenbürg, DE
• Axel Pöschmann · Basel, CH
• Emilio Schiavi · Oberwil, CH
• Eugenio Ferreira Da Silva Neto · Biel-Benken, CH
• Peter Zaretzke · Riedstadt, DE
• Thomas Weinschenk · Hartheim, DE
• Yuliana Sejati · Bad Kötzting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for integrating at least one field device into a network of automation technology, wherein a plurality of field devices are arranged distributed in an automated plant, wherein accessing of the field devices occurs via a field access unit, which communicates with at least one automation/integration platform and at least one web server of a service provider, wherein the service provider provides for each field device a virtual image of the field device in a database, wherein the service provider transmits to the operator of the automated plant via cloud-computing web services, or Internet based services, automatically or on query, the virtual image of the field device with concrete field device- and application-specific properties at run time (the virtual image is preferably transmitted directly into the field device, and wherein the field device performs its function in the automated plant, as soon as it is integrated into the network.