System and method for parameterizing field devices of an automation or control system

A system for parameterizing field devices of an automation or control system, the system comprising:

• a superordinate unit;
• and
• a communication interface module connected to the superordinate unit via a first communication link based on a first field bus protocol, the communication interface module being connected to at least one field device via a second communication link based on a second field bus protocol, wherein:
• the superordinate unit is configured to generate sub-blocks from a data structure for parameterizing the at least one field device, the data structure being stored in a device description file for the at least one field device, and store the sub-blocks in the superordinate unit;
• a first network service is configured to transmit parameters of the at least one field device, which are stored in the sub-blocks, from the superordinate unit to a first functionality of the communication interface module, which operates as a slave function, via the first communication link;
• a further functionality integrated in the communication interface module is configured to evaluate the parameters of the at least one field device, which are stored in the sub-blocks, combine the parameters to form a single configuration block, loads the combined configuration block into a field bus master stack of the communication interface module, and transmit the configuration block to the at least one field device via a second functionality of the communication interface module, which operates as a master function, using a second network service via the second communication link.