Engineering tool
AssigneeYokogawa Electric Corporation
InventorMitsuhiro Washiro
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Abstract
An engineering tool is provided with a first connector that connects to a first field device, a second connector that connects to a second field device, a controller, and, switch that switches the connection to the controller between the first connector and the second connector. Upon receiving instructions for transferring engineering information, the controller switches the switch to the first connector, acquires predetermined engineering information from the first field device, subsequently switches the switch to the second connector, and configures the second field device with the predetermined engineering information thus acquired.
Claims6
An engineering tool, comprising:
- a first connector that connects to a first field device;
- a second connector that connects to a second field device;
- a controller;
- and
- a switch that switches the connection to the controller between the first connector and the second connector;
- wherein
- upon receiving instructions for transferring engineering information, the controller commands the switch to connect to the first connector, acquires predetermined engineering information from the first field device, then subsequently commands the switch to connect to the second connector, and configures the second field device with the predetermined engineering information thus acquired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.