Method for offline-parametering of a field device of the process automation technology

• US 7,098,771 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Issued: 08/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG (Endress+Hauser AG)
• Original Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG (Endress+Hauser AG)
• Inventors: Von Stein, Bert, Seger, Andrea, Lefebvre, Martine
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US10/700,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20040193287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 340/286.01, 340/286.02, 340/286.04, 340/286.05, 340/286.06, 709/203, 709/208, 709/221, 711/100, 711/170, 702/122, 700/83, 700/117, 700/7
• US Class Current: 340/286.02
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/056 Programming the PLC
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23054 Simulate response on entered parameters and display, quicker response
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23445 Real time simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25014 Fieldbus general name of bus connected to machines, detectors, actuators
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus

Abstract

In a method for offline parametering of a field device with the help of an operating program B running on an operating device B, the operating program B communicates with a copy of the device software program GS that runs in the field device F1.

Claims

1. A method for the offline parameterization of a field device for process automation technology with the help of an operating program BW running on an operating device B, which is normally used for parameterization an online field device, comprising the steps of:

communicating the operating program BW with a field device F1 over a data bus D for online parameterization and for which no device description is available describing the offline behavior of the field device F1; and

communicating the operating program BW with a copy of the device software program GS running on a device different from the field device F1, thereby simulating an online field device F1.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the copy of the device software program GS and the operating program BW are executed together on the operating device B.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the copy of the device software program GS and the operating program BW communicate over a virtual COM-interface.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating device has a Windows®

platform.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the copy of the device software program GS is surrounded by a Windows®

shell.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the copy of the device software program GS is surrounded by a DTM (Device Type Manager) shell.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating device B is a laptop computer unit.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein parameter settings of the offline parametering are transferred to the field device manufacturer for pre-configuring of field devices.