Method for displaying and/or modifying paramters of a measuring device and measuring device for carrying out the method

• US 20020038317A1
• Filed: 02/27/2001
• Published: 03/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Original Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Inventors: Laun, Robert, Rauer, Winfried
• Application Number:
  US09/793,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20020038317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/00 Indicating measured values

Abstract

In order to simplify display and modification of parameters of a measuring device and make them uniform for different measuring devices, it is proposed to transfer from a memory on the measuring device to the operating unit, in addition to parameter values, representational data that defines the presentation of the parameter values on operating unit (5). An Internet browser, a word-processing program or a spreadsheet program is used at operating unit (5) to display and optionally modify the parameter values; the representational data is stored in the measuring device in a file with a format adapted to the program used.

Claims

1. Method for displaying parameters of a measuring device (1) on a display field (7) of an operating unit (5), in which values of the parameters stored at the measuring device are transferred to the operating unit (5), characterized in that, in addition to the parameter values, representational data which defines the form of representation of the parameter values on display field (7) is transferred to the operating unit (5).

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the representational data comprises instructions to be executed by operating unit (5).

3. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the instructions are transferred to operating unit (5) in a format independent of the operating unit.

4. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the instructions comprise HTML or XML code or Java instructions.

5. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transfer is done with the aid of a telephone or Internet connection.

6. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an Internet browser, a word-processing program or a spreadsheet program is used to display the parameter values on operating unit (5).

7. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission is done wirelessly.

8. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that operating unit (5) receives new values of parameters selected by a user and transmits them to measuring device (1).

9. Measuring device (1) for carrying out the method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a memory for representational data.

10. Measuring device according to claim 9, characterized in that the representational data contains at least one of the following types of information:

display and/or input masks for parameters;

images for presenting information related to the measuring device;

help information for using the measuring device.

11. Measuring device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that it comprises an interface converter (4) and at least one measuring apparatus communicating with interface converter (4), interface converter (4) serving to transmit the parameter values and the representational data to operating unit (5).

12. Measuring device according to claim 11, characterized in that at least a part of the memory for representational data is assigned to the interface converter.

13. Measuring device according to one of claims 9-12, characterized in that a memory assigned to the measuring apparatus contains text data with instructions on the use of the measuring apparatus.

14. Measuring device according to claim 12, characterized in that a selection of the apparatus to be parametrized is made by the representational data or instructions transmitted by interface converter (4).

15. Measuring device according to claim 11, characterized in that interface converter (4) is connected to an ordinary field bus.