# US 11,940,778 B2 · Method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network

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- Number: US 11,940,778 B2
- Document ID: US11940778B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/320,236
- Filed: 2021-05-14
- Published: 2021-09-16
- Granted: 2024-03-26
- Earliest claimed: 2018-11-14
- Assignees: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicants: ABB Schweiz AG
- Inventors: Roland Braun; Francisco Mendoza; Dirk Schulz; Heiko Koziolek; Andreas Burger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11940778B2

## CPC

- G05B 19/4185: {characterised by the network communication}
- G05B 19/41855: {by local area network [LAN], network structure}
- G05B 19/4183: {characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification}
- G05B 19/41835: {characterised by program execution}
- G05B 2219/23336: Identification of program, application, device to be controlled
- G05B 2219/25062: Detect physical location of field device
- G05B 2219/25428: Field device
- Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network, the method being implemented by a plug and produce system, the method comprising:
connecting the field device to the industrial system network;
providing, by the field device, information about the field device, the information comprising functional information for the field device;
utilizing the functional information to retrieve, from a server separate from the field device, information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application;
utilizing the functional information to retrieve from the server at least some capability information relating to a field device type of the field device;
utilizing the at least some capability information relating to the field device type and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve from the server a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and
downloading the parameter set to the field device,
wherein the functional information for the field device comprises an identity of the field device,
wherein the identity of the field device is determined from one or more of:
a location of the field device in the industrial system network; and
an identity of one or more devices that are neighbors to the field device, and
wherein the identity of the field device is inferred from the industrial system network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
providing the field device with an address.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the address comprises a network address.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein providing the field device with the address comprises collecting meta data for the field device and for at least a part of the industrial system network to generate the address that is then provided to the field device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter set comprises data relating to a different device of a same device type.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising mapping the parameter set to the field device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the mapping comprises a process of converting at least some of the data of the parameter set.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
Implementing a browsing process to match a controller to the field device, the matching comprising utilization of control related functionality for the field device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the control related functionality comes from an information model implemented in the field device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the control related functionality for the field device is comprised within the functional information provided by the device.