Device and Method for Generating a User Interface Configuration for a Field Device
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device, comprising:
- a memory arrangement storing a database, the database storing a plurality of device data for the at least one field device; and
a processor generating, as a function of the device data, a user interface description file that is allocated to the at least one field device in at least one predeterminable user interface description language, the at least one predeterminable user interface description language being selected from at least two different user interface description languages.
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Abstract
A device for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device, measuring device, in particular a sensor or actuator, is provided. The device comprises a database and a user interface generating device, wherein the database is designed to store a plurality of device data for the field device, and wherein the user interface generating device is equipped to generate a user interface description file that is allocated to the at least one field device in a predeterminable user interface description language. The user interface description language is selectable from at least two user interface description languages.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device, comprising:
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a memory arrangement storing a database, the database storing a plurality of device data for the at least one field device; and a processor generating, as a function of the device data, a user interface description file that is allocated to the at least one field device in at least one predeterminable user interface description language, the at least one predeterminable user interface description language being selected from at least two different user interface description languages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for interpreting a user interface description file, comprising:
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an input interface arrangement; an interpretation device; and an output interface arrangement, wherein the input interface arrangement receives the user interface description file in a first user interface description language, the interpretation device converting the user interface description file into a second user interface description language, the interpretation device providing the user interface description file in the second user interface description language at the output interface arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device, comprising:
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selecting the at least one field device; predetermining at least one user interface description language; and generating a user interface description file, allocated to the at least one field device, in the predetermined at least one user interface description language, from a plurality of device data that is stored in a database, wherein the at least one predeterminable user interface description language is selectable from at least two different user interface description languages.
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24. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a program for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device is stored, which program, when executed on a processor, carries out the following method:
selecting the at least one field device; predetermining at least one user interface description language; and generating a user interface description file, allocated to the at least one field device, in the predetermined at least one user interface description language, from a plurality of device data that is stored in a database, wherein the at least one predeterminable user interface description language is selectable from at least two different user interface description languages.
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25. A program element for generating a user interface configuration for at least one field device, which program element, when executed on a processor, carries out the following method:
selecting the at least one field device; predetermining at least one user interface description language; and generating a user interface description file, allocated to the at least one field device, in the predetermined at least one user interface description language, from a plurality of device data that is stored in a database, wherein the at least one predeterminable user interface description language is selectable from at least two different user interface description languages.
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26. A method for interpreting a user interface description file, comprising:
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receiving a first user interface description file in a first user interface description language at an input interface; converting the user interface description file into a second user interface description language by an interpretation device; and providing the user interface description file in the second user interface description language at an output interface.
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27. A computer-readable storage medium in which a program for interpreting a user interface description file is stored, which program, when executed on a processor, carries out the following method:
receiving a first user interface description file in a first user interface description language at an input interface; converting the user interface description file into a second user interface description language by an interpretation device; and providing the user interface description file in the second user interface description language at an output interface.
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28. A program element for interpreting a user interface description file, which program element, when executed on a processor, carries out the following method receiving a first user interface description file in a first user interface description language at an input interface;
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converting the user interface description file into a second user interface description language by an interpretation device; and providing the user interface description file in the second user interface description language at an output interface.
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