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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Pascal Dresselhaus, Verl, DE;
Sven Goldstein, Buende, DE;
Hans Beckhoff, Verl, DE;
Ralf Vienken, Gütersloh, DE;
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Abstract
A connecting unit to transmit process data of an automation process of an automation system to an external data infrastructure, configured as a field device for arrangement on a field level of the automation system. The connecting unit comprises a field bus module, network module and interface module. The field bus module is configured to interchange the process data via the field bus with a signal unit connected to the automation process via a field connection. The network module is configured to interchange the process data with the external data infrastructure, use the data network to transmit input process data to the external data infrastructure, and retrieve output process data from the external data infrastructure. The interface module is configured to interchange the process data between the field bus module and the network module. The interface module prompts interchange of the process data autonomously.