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US 9,489,278 B2Granted
Field device
AssigneeKROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
InventorMartin van der Linde
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Abstract
A field device that provides a field device that allows the simplest possible logging of relevant operational data. The field device has at least one data storage device (3) designed as an integral component of the field device and a control unit designed as an integral component of the field device (1). In this case, the control unit stores a data set in the data storage device (3) depending on a monitoring event.
Claims11
Field device for process automation, comprising:
- at least one data storage device formed as an integral component of the field device and
- at least one control unit formed as an integral component of the field device,
- wherein the control unit is adapted for storing at least one data set in the data storage device depending on at least one predeterminable monitoring event,
- wherein at least one measuring unit for determining at least one measured process variable is provided, and
- wherein the monitoring event comprises a value of the measured process variable determined by the measuring unit being outside a predetermined interval.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.