Method and device for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation

A method for managing and configuring field devices of different field device types in an automation installation, the method comprising:

• logically incorporating a configuration tool into the automation installation, the configuration tool being configured to physically identify a field device in the automation installation, and the configuration tool being configured to logically identify its field device type;
• configuring the configuration tool in the automation installation, the configuration tool receiving a prescribed field-device-type-specific information package describing functions and data of the field device type at least in part;
• forming a first individual field-device-specific information package once for a first field device of each field device type from the prescribed field-device-type-specific information package;
• and
• forming a second individual field-device-specific information package recursively for each further field device of the same field device type from the first individual field-device-specific information package, by first duplicating the first individual field-device-specific information package from the first field device, and then individualizing the first individual field-device-specific information package for the further field device, the individualizing comprising adding at least one individual parameter corresponding to the further field device and/or replacing at least one individual parameter of the first individual field-device-specific information package with at least one individual parameter corresponding to the further field device,
• wherein the at least one individual parameter corresponding to the further field device comprises a physical address of the further field device.