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US 2008/0126659 A1Published application
Variable Field Device For Use In Automation Systems
AssigneeEndress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsPeter Klöfer, Martin Pfandler, Bernd Strutt, Jorg Reinkensmeier
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Abstract
In a variable field device for use in automation systems, which has a microprocessor for running a control program, and a serial fieldbus interface for communicating with a fieldbus, a parallel communication interface CI is provided as an additional interface, in the form of a standard insertion bay for different interface modules.
Claims8
1-7. (canceled)
A variable field device for use in automation technology, comprising:
- a microprocessor for executing a control program;
- a serial fieldbus interface for communicating with a fieldbus;
- an additional interface;
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- a parallel communication interface, which is embodied as a standard insertion bay for different interface modules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.