Simplified field device exchange in a processing device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsChristoph Burger-Scheidlin, Daniel Barisic, Tobias Gruber, Anton Pfefferseder, Husain Aljazzar, Dirk Stegemann
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AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsChristoph Burger-Scheidlin, Daniel Barisic, Tobias Gruber, Anton Pfefferseder, Husain Aljazzar, Dirk Stegemann
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The invention relates to a method for operating a processing device (2) that comprises a control unit (4) and at least one field device (8, 10, 12) connected to said control unit (4) for the purpose of exchanging data via a data exchange connection (6), in which a field device (10) to be exchanged is replaced by another field device (12) to be inserted, and which comprises the steps of: generating an exchange signal (AS) using an exchange signal generator (14), and transmitting said exchange signal (AS) to the control unit (4). The invention also relates to a corresponding processing device and a control unit, field device, and exchange signal generator, as well as a computer program.
A method for operating a processing device with a control unit and at least one field device connected to the control unit for data exchange by means of a data exchange link, in which a first field device to be exchanged is replaced by a second field device to be inserted, the method comprising:
A processing device with a control unit and a first field device connected to the control unit for data exchange by means of a data exchange link, the first field device, in interaction with an exchange signal generator configured to generate an exchange signal in response to detecting an impeding exchange of the first field device with the second field device by detecting an exchange feature of the first field device and transmit the exchange signal to the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to
A system comprising:
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