METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPERATING MENU FOR A FIELD DEVICE OF PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

• US 20110302511A1
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG (Endress+Hauser AG)
• Original Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG (Endress+Hauser AG)
• Inventors: Chomik, Alain, Harnist, Pierre, Fuchs, Udo
• Application Number:
  US13/115,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20110302511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4186 by protocol, e.g. MAP, TOP
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31457 Factory remote control, monitoring through internet
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34038 Web, http, ftp, internet, intranet server
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A method for providing an operating menu (OM) for a field device (FD) of process automation technology, wherein the operating menu (OM) is displayed on a display unit of a servicing device (SD) remote from the field device (FD) by means of a web browser (WB). Settings of the field device (FD) are editable via the operating menu (OM); wherein a number of different operating menus (OM) are available by means of a web server (WS), especially a web server (WS) integrated in the field device (FD); and wherein one of the available operating menus (OM) is selected, especially by a user, via the web browser (WB).

Claims

1. A method for providing an operating menu (OM) for a field device (FD) of process automation technology, comprising the steps of:

displaying the operating menu (OM) on a display unit of a servicing device (SD) remote from the field device (FD) by means of a web browser (WB);

editing the settings of the field device (FD) via the operating menu (OM);

wherein a plurality of different operating menus (OM) are available by means of a web server (WS), especially a web server (WS) integrated in the field device (FD); and

selecting one of the available operating menus (OM), especially by a user, via the web browser (WB).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

the available operating menus (OM) in the field device (FD) in the form of operating menu description files (CSS, JavaScript);

one of the operating menu description files (CSS, JavaScript) is selected via the web browser (WB); and

providing the operating menu (OM) is provided by means of the integrated web server (WS) from the selected operating menu description file (CSS, JavaScript) to the web browser (WB) in the form of an operating menu description language (CSS, JavaScript).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the available operating menus (OM) differ from one another at least through each having a different operating menu structure and/or each having a different user interface.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a user interface belonging to an available operating menu (OM) is likewise made available in the form of an operating menu description language (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) by the web server (WS), especially a web server (WS) integrated in the field device (FD).

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the field device (FD), especially the web server (WS) integrated in the field device (FD), contains an operating menu generating system; and

the corresponding operating menu (OM) is provided by means of the operating menu generating system in the form of an operating menu description language (CSS, JavaScript) from the selected operating menu description file (CSS, JavaScript).

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the operating menu generating system is essentially an operating menu description file (CSS, JavaScript), which includes the presentation of the operating menu (OM), and an operating menu production program for the creation of the operating menu description language from the operating menu description file (CSS, JavaScript).

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the selected operating menu (OM) and/or the corresponding user interface are/is produced for the time of operation (i.e. during operation) of the field device (FD) in the form of the operating menu description language and are/is provided by the web server (WS).

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the presentation of the user interface occurs on a web page (P) displayed by means of the web browser (WB).

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the operating menu (OM) is selected from a selection menu (SW) of the web browser (WB);

and all available operating menus (OM) are listed in the selection menu (SW).

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of different operating menus (OM) comprise the presentation on the on-site servicing unit of the field device (FD), the Fieldcare presentation, the PDM presentation, and the AMS presentation.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the remote servicing device (SD) is a PC.

12. A computer program product with executable program code, where the program code is stored in a memory unit and is suitable for performing the method as claimed in claim 1, when the program code is executed.

13. An apparatus (FD, SD) for editing settings of a field device (FD) of process automation technology for performing the method as claimed in claim 1.