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Marco Colucci

Johannes Sprenger

Jochen Stinus

Holger Eberhard

Thomas Jögel

Alain Chomik

Walter Borst

Dion Bouwer

Juerg Wyss

André Elle

A method for operating a field device is disclosed, the field device having settings and/or functions classified into different security levels, where one of the settings and/or functions of the field device is selected by a user, at least one security measure is implemented depending upon the security level with which the selected setting and/or function is associated, and the security measure determines whether the selected setting and/or function of the field device is released for the user.

Method for operating a field device

A field device for connection to a fieldbus, wherein the field device is designed to exchange via the fieldbus a data transmission object with a host computer or with an additional field device, wherein the data transmission object has a plurality of freely loadable, transmission berths, and wherein the field device includes a data mapping structure, which establishes an association between variables to be transmitted and transmission berths of the data transmission object.

Flexibly configurable, data transmission object

A method for operating an automation technology field device connected via a bus system with a superordinated unit and having an identifier identifying the type of the field device, at least one alternative identifier AKF, which identifies a similar type of field device, is stored, in addition to an identifier KF, in the field device F. This alternative identifier AKFis transmitted, on query, to the superordinated unit PLC, when the superordinated unit fails to accept as valid the identifier KFtransmitted in prior queries. In this way, a replacement of a field device is possible simply and quickly.

Method for automatic replacement in automation technology field devices where swapping is not necessary

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Lörrach, Germany

Marco Colucci