Method for servicing a field device of automation technology
AssigneeEndress + Hauser Flowtec AG
InventorMartine Lefebvre
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Abstract
A method for servicing a field device of automation technology with an operating program comprising a frame application and executable software components designed for the field devices and encapsulating the servicing functionalities of field devices. The software component designed for the field device is divided in two and comprises a basic software component and a software extension component, wherein the basic software component serves for reading and writing of device parameters of the field device and provides a graphical, basic, user interface, and the software extension component is produced from the program code of the device software of the field device and delivers the service functionality of the field device.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A method for servicing a field device of automation technology connectable with a computer unit running an operating program for field devices, wherein the operating program comprises a frame application and executable software components designed for the field devices and encapsulating their servicing functionalities, and wherein a device software executable in the field device, the method comprising the steps of:
- dividing the software component designed for the field device in two, into a basic software component and a software extension component;
- using the basic software component for reading and writing of device parameters of the field device and as a graphical, basic, user interface;
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- using the software extension component is produced from the program code of the device software to deliver the service functionality of the field device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.