Vega Grieshaber Kg

Ralf Hoell

Juan Garcia

Fridolin Faist

Jakob Hummel

A display device for displaying data in a process automation Ethernet network having a specified physical layer and one or more different higher layer network protocols, the display device being arranged to detect one or more subscriber devices of the network and to display measured values of the one or more subscriber devices.

Display device in process automation

Field device for process automation in industrial or private environments, which has an operating element with a button and a luminous display, the luminous display being set up for optical feedback of the operating command issued by a user to the button.

Field device with operable luminous display

A field device for determining a process variable is provided, the field device including: a sensor circuitry configured to sense a measured value of the process variable; a communication circuitry configured to transmit the measured value wirelessly to a receiver; a position determination circuitry configured to determine a geographic position of the field device; and a control circuitry configured to determine, as a function of a current geographical position of the field device, at least one of: (a) a current measurement rate at which the sensor circuitry acquires measured values of the process variable, and (b) a current data transmission rate at which the communication circuitry transmits measured values to the receiver. A method of operating a field device is also provided.

Automatic determination of the measurement rate for the capturing of a process variable

A method for locating a field device having a wireless interface is provided, the method including the following steps: transmitting, from the field device, identification information including distance information and direction information; receiving, by an operator device, the identification information; and displaying, by the operator device, based on the identification information, a distance, and a direction of the field device with respect to the operator device.

Method for locating a field device with a wireless interface

A method for configuring a target field device in an industrial plant by way of at least one mobile device including receiving configuration data characterizing the behavior of a source field device in the industrial plant from the source field device through the mobile device by way of a radio interface of the mobile device, which is also supported by the source field device, receiving at least one identification feature characterizing a target field device and/or function of the target field device in the industrial plant by a mobile device by way of a radio interface of the mobile device, which is also supported by the target field device checking by way of the mobile device, using the identification feature, whether the configuration data are suitable and/or intended for the configuration of the target field device, and in response to the configuration data being suitable and/or provided for the configuration of the target field device, transmitting at least a subset of the configuration data from the mobile device to the target field device by way of a radio interface of the mobile device which is also supported by the target field device.

Configuration of field devices with a mobile device

A gateway for assigning an access authorization for a mobile operating device to a field device, including a first interface that wirelessly communicates with the mobile operating device, a second interface that communicates with an authorization assignment device, a memory device that stores an access authorization of the mobile operating device transmitted by the authorization assignment device, authorization assignment circuitry that reads the access authorization of the mobile operating device from the memory device and transmits the access authorization to the mobile operating device via the first interface.

Authorization assignment on field devices

A method for providing access information for access to a field device for process automation is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining, at a users operating device, at least one access information issued to the user for an access to at least one field device via the operating device, assigning, at the users operating device, a further user to the determined at least one access information, and sending an access permission comprising information relating to the determined at least one access information and to the further user assigned to the determined access information such that the determined at least one access information is provided to the further user based on the access permission.

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Titisee-Neustadt, Germany

Ralf Hoell