Customer-specific configuration and parameterisation of level measurement devices during the ordering process

• US 20150088436A1
• Filed: 09/08/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Original Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG (Grieshaber Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH)
• Inventors: Faist, Fridolin, SCHAETZLE, Ralf
• Application Number:
  US14/480,034
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/55
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/00 Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23298 Remote load of program, through internet
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31104 Remote configuration of parameters of controlled devices

Abstract

A level measurement device parameterisation system for configuring and/or parameterising a level measurement device includes a user computer and a central computer. The user computer creates configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions on the basis of user inputs and the central computer creates, on the basis thereof, at least part of the configuration information and/or parameterisation information for a level measurement device. The central computer is further configured to transmit control information to the user computer to provide the user interface.

Claims

1. A level measurement device parameterisation system for configuring and/or parameterising a level measurement device, comprising a user computer having a user interface;

and

a central computer;

wherein there is a data communications link between the central computer and the user computer;

wherein the user computer is configured to create configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions on the basis of user inputs via the user interface, and to transmit them to the central computer;

wherein the central computer is configured to transmit control information for creating the user interface to the user computer, and to create at least part of the configuration information and/or parameterisation information for a level measurement device on the basis of the configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions.

2. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the central computer is configured to create complete configuration information and/or parameterisation information for the level measurement device on the basis of the configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions.

3. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the central computer and the user computer are further configured to create the configuration information and/or parameterisation information by way of functionalities of a level measurement device manager.

4. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface of the user computer is configured to provide a user with all the necessary functions of the level measurement device manager for creating the complete configuration information and/or parameterisation information.

5. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the configuration of the user interface of the user computer substantially corresponds to the configuration of a user interface of the level measurement device manager.

6. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the user computer and the central computer are configured to provide the user interface on the user computer independently of the operating system.

7. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, wherein the level measurement device parameterisation system on the user computer and on the central computer is configured as a Web application.

8. The level measurement device parameterisation system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured to store configuration information and/or parameterisation information created by the central computer.

9. A method for creating complete configuration information and/or parameterisation for ordering a level measurement device, comprising the steps of:

providing a Web application on a central computer, wherein the Web application comprises at least all the functions of a level measurement device manager which are required for creating complete configuration information and/or parameterisation information;

transmitting, using the central computer, control information to the user computer to provide the user interface;

providing an operating-system-independent user interface on the user computer;

establishing a data communications link between the user computer and the central computer;

creating configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions on the basis of user inputs via the user interface on the user computer;

transmitting the configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions from the user computer to the central computer; and

creating, using the central computer, complete configuration information and/or parameterisation information for assembling and parameterising a level measurement device, the creation being based on the transmitted configuration instructions and parameterisation instructions.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of

storing the configuration information and/or parameterisation information in a storage unit, which can be connected to the central computer and/or to the user computer and which is configured to store configuration information and parameterisation information.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of

transferring configuration information and/or parameterisation information, created by the central computer and/or stored in the storage unit, into a level measurement device.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the operating-system-independent user interface is provided on the user computer from a framework application.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein storing the configuration and/or parameterisation information comprises providing the created configuration information and/or parameterisation information for the framework application.

14. A program element for creating configuration information and/or parameterisation information for a level measurement device, which carries out the steps of the method according to claim 9 when implemented by a processor.

15. A computer-readable medium on which a program element according to claim 14 is stored.