Field communication management apparatus
AssigneeYokogawa Electric Corporation
InventorsYasuyuki Nakamoto, Hideki Umemoto, Toshiyuki Emori, Hiroshi Mori
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Abstract
There is provided a field communication management apparatus capable of setting configuration information segments with certainty without causing a burden, and an inexpedience at the time of an operation for setting. A reception unit receives download information. A setting unit sets individual information segments contained in download information received by the reception unit in a corresponding field device and a gateway itself. A communication limiting unit prohibits communication between the field device and host devices for a period before the individual information segments are set in the field device and the gateway itself, respectively, by the setting unit.
Claims9
A field communications managing apparatus for handling information necessary for communication between a field device and a communication device, the information being a pair of information segments to be set in the field device and the communication device, respectively, said field communications managing apparatus comprising:
- a setting unit for setting individual information segments of the pair of the information segments, in the field device and the communication device, respectively;
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- a communication limiting unit for limiting communications by the field device for a period before the individual information segments are set in the field device and the communication device, respectively, by the setting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.