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Method for locating a field device in an automated plant

US9608878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG · CH

Inventors

Wolfgang Höferlin · Weil am Rhein, DE
Eric Birgel · Schopfheim, DE
Ralf Schmidt · Nuremberg, DE
Mike Sutter · Zell im Wiesental, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 2013
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/80
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for locating at least one field device in an automated plant, wherein the field device is connected via a network composed of a plurality of distributed field devices, and wherein a mobile terminal is applied for locating the field device.

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