Method for Configuration of an Electrical Field Device, and a Configurable Electrical Field Device

• US 20070290788A1
• Filed: 07/19/2005
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Erkens, Ingo
• Application Number:
  US11/659,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20070290788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/3.1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25082 Display name of configuration, to recognise how device has been set, programmed
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25097 Detect control panel connected, select corresponding program and parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25115 Card, board with configuration switches
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25119 Dipswitches dipschalter
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31103 Configure parameters of controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31135 Fieldbus

Abstract

A method configures an electrical field device that has a control unit with selection switches arranged on it. Selection switch settings are detected by the control unit for the electrical field device as a configuration number. The control unit uses a table, which is stored in a memory for the field device, to determine the device settings associated with the configuration number which describes the settings and the selection switches, for the electrical field device, and sets these, thus completing the configuring of the electrical field device.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method for configuring an electrical field device having selection switches, which comprises the steps of:

detecting, via a control unit, selection switch settings made for the electrical field device as a configuration number;

by using a table stored in a memory for the electrical field device, the control unit determining device settings associated with the configuration number describing the selection switch settings and the selection switches of the electrical field device; and

setting the device settings for completing the configuring of the electrical field device.

11. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises providing multipole position switches as the selection switches.

12. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises providing keys on a keypad as the selection switches.

13. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises displaying the device settings, which are associated with the configuration number, on a display device of the electrical field device.

14. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises displaying the device settings associated with the configuration number by light elements on the electrical field device, with in each case one of the device settings being associated with an individual one of the light elements on the field device by an inscription.

15. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises determining the configuration number, which corresponds to the selection switch settings made, by a data processing device from predetermined functional settings for the electrical field device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein when control switches are used as the selection switches, the data processing device displays a switch combination corresponding to the configuration number, on a display apparatus, or outputs the switch combination as a printout.

17. A configurable electrical field device, comprising:

a control unit;

control switches for inputting a configuration number and connected to said control unit; and

said control unit having a display apparatus for displaying device settings associated with an entered configuration number for the electrical field device.

18. A configurable electrical field device, comprising:

a control unit;

control switches for inputting a configuration number and connected to said control unit; and

said control unit having light elements for indicating device settings associated with an entered configuration number for the electrical field device with one device setting being associated with each of said light elements by an inscription.