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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Dirk Wagener, Stadthagen, DE;
Christoph Welte, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Marcus Heege, Kaisersesch, DE;
Wolfgang Mahnke, Hettenleidelheim, DE;
Marko Schlueter, Espelkamp, DE;
Assignee:
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/387 (2013.01); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G06F 13/4234 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04L 12/40013 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25428 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control or test system for a field device includes: a communication unit for bidirectionally commmunicating with the field device via a fieldbus protocol; a command memory for receiving commands that are transmittable to the field device via the fieldbus protocol; and a masking memory, which masking memory receives the commands contained in the command memory that are not supported by the field device, and/or receives an error message returned by the field device in response to such command.