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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryouhei Furihata, Musashino, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A field device management apparatus is communicably connected to one or more field devices. The field device management apparatus includes a communication module configured to obtain, from a field device connected to the field device management apparatus, fundamental information serving as inherent information, and one or more parameters determining operation contents, a device information storage module configured to determine device identification information based on the fundamental information, and to store, in association with the device identification information, device information including the fundamental information, the parameters, and one or more comments optionally input concerning the field devices, and a user interface module configured to generate a device information display screen that displays a list of the device information corresponding to each of the field devices which are being connected to the field device management apparatus, and that receives an edit of the device information.