Field device for an industrial plant
AssigneeMurrelektronik GmbH
InventorsRudolf LANG, Steffen RIEDEL, Timo SETZER
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Abstract
A field device for an industrial plant including at least one capacitive operating element by which an operating mode of the field device can be set, and a processor which is coupled to the at least one capacitive operating element. The processor is set up to implement an operation of the capacitive operating element only if a release based on an actuation pattern or an external release signal has been effected. Furthermore, a method of setting an operating mode of a field device is described.
Claims15
A field device for an industrial plant, comprising at least one capacitive operating element by means of which an operating mode of the field device can be set, wherein the field device has a processor which is coupled to the at least one capacitive operating element, and wherein the processor is set up to implement an operation of the capacitive operating element only if a release based on an actuation pattern or an external release signal has been effected.
A method of setting an operating mode of a field device having at least one capacitive operating element, comprising steps of:
- detecting a release which is effected on a basis of an actuation pattern of the at least one capacitive operating element or an external release signal, and
- implementing an operation of the capacitive operating element only if the release has been detected beforehand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.