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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJochen Balduf, Jens Gottron, Christoph Weiler, Stefan Lueder
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An automation system, a controller, a field device and method for operating the automation system, wherein a first field device is provided for an operation on site with an operating unit, where depending on an operator input, the first field device transmits a request for a provision of data to the controller, which returns to the field device corresponding data relating to functionalities in the automation system lying outside the first field device, and where information corresponding to the data is output on the operating unit of the first field device such that an on-site display in the automation system of existing measurement values that were previously not available on the first field device, or a configuration of automation functions which do not run on the first field device is advantageously permitted.
A method for operating an automation system having at least one controller and a plurality of field devices interconnected via a network for data communication, at least one first field device of the plurality of field devices including an operating unit, the method comprising:
An automation system comprising:
A field device for an automation system, comprising:
A controller for an automation system, wherein the controller is configured to receive a request from at least one first field device including an operating unit, depending upon a pre-determined or pre-determinable operator input, for provision of data which relates to functionalities in the automation system lying outside the at least one first field device and to transmit data to the at least one first field device data corresponding to the received request.
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