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US 2009/0016462 A1Published application
Field bus application comprising several field devices
AssigneeEndress + Hauser Process Solutions AG
InventorEugenio Ferreira Da Silva Neto
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Abstract
In a fieldbus application with multiple field devices, in addition to a fieldbus serving as a wire-based communication network (CN1), a radio communication network (CN2) is provided, which enables a data communication between the individual field devices (F1, F2, F3, WAP) independent of the wire-based communication network (CN1).
Claims6
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A fieldbus application including:
- an automation fieldbus FB;
- and
- a plurality of field devices (F1, F2, F3, WAP), which are connected with said automation fieldbus FB, wherein:
- said automation fieldbus serves as a wire-based communication network (CN1);
- and
- said plurality of field devices each have radio modules (RM), which together form a radio network (CN2), which enables a data communication between the individual field devices (F1, F2, F3, WAP) independent of the wire-based communication network (CN1).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.