Method for operating and observing field devices
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengellschaft
InventorsAndreas Jurisch, Michael Schwenke, Stefan Walz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a proxy server device (1) connected to a field device (FG1–FGN), in addition to a proxy server device. The proxy server device can be connected to the field device and a user device (N1–NN) in order to respectively exchange electronic data in order to monitor and/or operate the field device. The electronic data consists of static data which is transmitted according to a first protocol standard and dynamic data which is transmitted according to a second protocol standard.
Claims12
A method for operating and/or monitoring a field device using a user facility, in which a proxy server facility is used, the proxy server facility being connected to the field device which includes a server facility and to the user facility to interchange electronic data using the user facility to operate and/or observe the field devices, wherein the electronic data to be interchanged for operating and/or monitoring the field device comprise static data, which are transferred between the server facility of the field device and the user facility via the proxy server facility based on a first protocol standard, and dynamic data, which are transferred between the server facility of the field device and the user facility via the proxy server facility based on a second protocol standard.
A proxy server apparatus, comprising:
- a first interface device to produce a first data connection to a server facility of a field device;
- a second interface device to produce a second data connection to a user facility, so that the user facility is configured for use and to interchange electronic data to monitor and/or operate the field device;
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- a protocol processing device configured so that the server facility of the field device and the user facility are configured to interchange static, electronic data, which are transferred via the proxy server apparatus based on a first protocol standard, and dynamic, electronic data, which are transferred via the proxy server apparatus based on a second protocol standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.