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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Endress+hauser Conducta Gmbh+co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for expanding a functionality of a field device for process automation technology in a system using a configuration device, comprising the steps of: establishing a connection from the configuration device to the field device; reading out an order code using the configuration device, wherein the order code represents the current functionalities of the field device; displaying the functionality of the field device on the configuration device; selecting additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device using the configuration device; establishing a connection to a central station; sending information about the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device to the central station; sending an activation code to activate the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality from the central station; and sending the activation code from the configuration device to the field device and activating the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device.