DEVICE INFORMATION SETTING APPARATUS AND DEVICE INFORMATION SETTING METHOD

• US 20110093097A1
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: JINGUU, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,682,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/86
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device

Abstract

There is provided a device information setting apparatus. The apparatus includes: a storage format storing unit configured to store a first storage format of first device information in a first field device and a second storage format of second device information in a second field device; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the first device information based on the first storage format; a conversion unit configured to convert the first device information into the second device information, based on the second storage format; and a writing unit configured to write the second device information in the second field device.

Claims

1. A device information setting apparatus, comprising:

a storage format storing unit configured to store a first storage format of first device information in a first field device and a second storage format of second device information in a second field device;

an acquiring unit configured to acquire the first device information based on the first storage format;

a conversion unit configured to convert the first device information into the second device information, based on the second storage format; and

a writing unit configured to write the second device information in the second field device.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the conversion unit is configured to covert the first device information into the second device information such that the values of parameters having the same label name, which are included in the first and second device information, are equal to each other.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to associate parameters included in the first and second device information, and

wherein the conversion unit is configured to convert the first device information into the second device information such that the values of the associated parameters are equal to each other in accordance with the instruction received by the receiving unit.

4. A device information setting method, comprising:

(a) storing a first storage format of first device information in a first field device;

(b) storing a second storage format of second device information in a second field device;

(c) acquiring the first device information, based on the first storage format;

(d) converting the first device information into the second device information, based on the second storage format; and

(e) writing the second device information in the second field device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein step (d) comprises:

converting the first device information into the second device information such that the values of parameters having the same label name, which are included in the first and second device information, are equal to each other.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

(f) receiving an instruction to associate parameters included in the first and second device information, and

wherein step (d) comprises;

converting the first device information into the second device information such that the values of the associated parameters are equal to each other in accordance with the instruction in step (f).