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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Endress+hauser Conducta Gmbh+co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Björn Haase, Stuttgart, DE;
Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wireless dongle for the wireless transmission of data from a computer to at least one field device of a process automation system. The dongle includes a connection interface for connecting the dongle to a computer, a wireless interface for transmitting the data from the dongle to a field device, a memory, an arithmetic unit configured to generate and test signatures and release codes, as well as to perform encryption, and a housing, wherein the wireless interface, the memory, the arithmetic unit, and the connection interface are arranged in the housing, wherein only the part of the connection interface relevant for the connection to the computer is omitted from the housing. The present disclosure further relates to a method for wirelessly transmitting data from a computer to a field device.