Method for parameterizing operating means
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFriedrich Wegener, Dietmar Krumsiek, Johannes Kalhoff
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for parameterizing operating means connected to a data transmission medium. In this case, for at least several of the connected operating means, in each case, a device description will be stored in a central facility, each device description containing at least one function and the parameter set belonging thereto. In addition, a list of several predefined device functions will be stored in memory, for which the corresponding parameter set will be assigned each time to the operating means that support the device function. If a device function is selected, then in response to the selected device function, at least one operating means that supports this device function will be parameterized.
Claims10
A method for parameterizing operating means connected to a data transmission medium, comprising:
- storing in memory a respective device description for at least several of the connected operating means, each device description containing at least one function and a parameter set belonging thereto;
- storing in memory a list of several predefined device functions, wherein to each of said predefined device functions the respective parameter sets are assigned which correspond to the operating means that support the respective device function;
- selecting at least one device function from said list of several predefined device functions, thereby selecting several operating means that support the selected device function;
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- transmitting, in response to the selected device function, to each of the selected operating means the individual parameter set of the parameter sets assigned to the selected device function which corresponds to the respective selected operating means and parameterizing each of the selected operating means with the respective individual parameter set, wherein several different parameter sets are assigned to the selected device function where are respectively used for parameterizing different operating means.
A method for parameterizing two or more field devices within an automated system, comprising:
- connecting the two or more field devices to an operating interface via a data transmission medium;
- dividing the operating interface into a parameterizing region, a system topology region, and a parameter/function editor region;
- storing device descriptions of the at least two field devices, each device description containing a list of different predefined device functions, wherein each of said predefined device functions includes respective parameter sets that support the different predefined device functions;
- selecting, via the parameter/function editor region of the operating interface, a desired device function from the list;
- parameterizing, in response to the selected device function, using the parameter sets at least one of the two or more field devices that supports the desired device function;
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- transmitting, via the data transmission medium, the parameter set assigned to the selected device function to the field device belonging thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.