Method for operating a measuring point
First Claim
1. A method for operating a measuring point for determining at least one measured variable of a medium, wherein the measuring point comprises a base unit, which is connected releasably with a first sensor unit, and which is provided for communication of a signal representing a value of the measured variable to a process monitoring facility, the method comprises steps of:
- a) at least one-time registering and storing, in the base unit, a value of a diagnostic parameter stored in the first sensor unit or produced by the first sensor unit;
b) on the basis of said value of the diagnostic parameter stored in the base unit, conforming a prognosis value or prognosis interval stored in the base unit, said prognosis value being a prognosis value of said diagnostic parameter and said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value; and
c) storing the conformed prognosis value or prognosis interval in the base unit in place of a previously stored prognosis value or prognosis interval, wherein;
the conforming of the prognosis value or prognosis interval occurring by means of a learning algorithm, which is embodied to learn, over the lifetime of a plurality of sensor units, said prognosis value or prognosis interval;
said diagnostic parameter is a total loading reserve, a total operating time, operating times under defined conditions or a counter state; and
said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value;
wherein a counter state is one of;
a counter state for counting cleaning in process (CIP) steps, a counter state for counting sterilization in process (SIP) steps or a counter state for counting autoclaving steps.
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Abstract
A method for operating a measuring point for determining at least one measured variable of a medium is disclosed. The measuring point includes a base unit, which is connected releasably with a sensor unit, and which is provided for communication of a signal representing the value of the measured variable to a process monitoring facility. The following steps are included: at least one-time registering and storing in the base unit a value of a diagnostic parameter stored in the sensor unit or produced by the sensor unit; on the basis of this value conforming a prognosis value or prognosis interval stored in the base unit, and storing the conformed prognosis value or prognosis interval in the base unit in place of the previously stored prognosis value or prognosis interval.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for operating a measuring point for determining at least one measured variable of a medium, wherein the measuring point comprises a base unit, which is connected releasably with a first sensor unit, and which is provided for communication of a signal representing a value of the measured variable to a process monitoring facility, the method comprises steps of:
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a) at least one-time registering and storing, in the base unit, a value of a diagnostic parameter stored in the first sensor unit or produced by the first sensor unit; b) on the basis of said value of the diagnostic parameter stored in the base unit, conforming a prognosis value or prognosis interval stored in the base unit, said prognosis value being a prognosis value of said diagnostic parameter and said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value; and c) storing the conformed prognosis value or prognosis interval in the base unit in place of a previously stored prognosis value or prognosis interval, wherein; the conforming of the prognosis value or prognosis interval occurring by means of a learning algorithm, which is embodied to learn, over the lifetime of a plurality of sensor units, said prognosis value or prognosis interval; said diagnostic parameter is a total loading reserve, a total operating time, operating times under defined conditions or a counter state; and said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value; wherein a counter state is one of;
a counter state for counting cleaning in process (CIP) steps, a counter state for counting sterilization in process (SIP) steps or a counter state for counting autoclaving steps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for operating a measuring point for determining at least one measured variable of a medium, wherein the measuring point comprises a base unit, which is connected releasably with a first sensor unit, and which is provided for communication of a signal representing a value of the measured variable to a process monitoring facility, the method comprises steps of:
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a) at least one-time registering and storing, in the base unit, a value of a diagnostic parameter stored in the first sensor unit or produced by the first sensor unit; b) on the basis of said value of the diagnostic parameter stored in the base unit, conforming a prognosis value or prognosis interval stored in the base unit, said prognosis value being a prognosis value of said diagnostic parameter and said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value; c) storing the conformed prognosis value or prognosis interval in the base unit in place of a previously stored prognosis or prognosis interval; d) registering as the diagnostic parameter a parameter related to sensor loading, and, storing as the prognosis value or prognosis interval a parameter, which correlates with a total sensor loading, with which the first sensor unit can be loaded before it must be replaced; and e) comparing currently registered values of the diagnostic parameter with the stored prognosis value or prognosis interval, wherein; the conforming of the prognosis value or the prognosis interval occurring by means of a learning algorithim, which is embodied to learn, over the lifetime of a plurality of sensor units, said prognosis value or prognosis interval; periodically values of the diagostic parameter which correlates with the sensor loading are registered one after the other and stored in the base unit; a warning message is generated, when one of the periodically registered values of the diagnostic parameter exceeds a lower limit of the prognosis interval stored in the base unit; the parameter related to sensor loading is a weighted loading time of the sensor unit; the parameter correlating with the total sensor loading, with which the sensor unit can be loaded is a total reserve; and the prognosis interval is a confidence interval of the total loading reserve.
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23. A method for operating a measuring point for determining at least one measured variable of a medium, wherein the measuring point comprises a base unit, which is connected releasably with a first sensor unit, and which is provided for communication of a signal representing a value of the measured variable to a process monitoring facilty, the method comprises steps of:
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a) at least one-time registering and storing, in the base unit, a value of a diagnostic parameter stored in the first sensor unit or produced by the first sensor unit; b) on the basis of said value of the diagnostic parameter stored in the base unit, conforming a prognosis value or prognosis interval stored in the base unit, said prognosis balue being a prognosis value of said diagnostic parameter and said prognosis interval is a confidence interval surrounding the prognosis value; and c) storing the conformed prognosis value or prognosis interval in the base unit in place of a previously stored prognosis value or prognosis interval, wherein; the conforming of the prognosis value or prognosis interval occurring by means of a learning algorithim, which is embodied to learn, over the lifetime of a plurality of sensor units, said prognosis value or prognosis interval; values of a calibration parameter of the first sensor unit are repeatedly registered as values of said diagnostice parameter, and stored in individual location of a data storage unit of the base unit, together with points in time of registering, or a parameter equivalent thereto, and an identification of the first sensor unit; as prognosis values, expected values of the calibration parameter of the first sensor unit at the pints in time of registering are stored and conformed on the basis of the registered values of the calibration parameter; and as prognosis intervals a limit value window around the expected values of the calibration parameter are stored and conformed on the basis of the registered values of the calibration parameter. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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