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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Endress+hauser Process Solutions Ag, Reinach, CH;
Michael Mayer, Oberwil, CH;
Jürg Bünzli Wurzer, Riehen, CH;
ENDRESS+HAUSER PROCESS SOLUTIONS AG, Reinach, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure resides in a method for operating, installed in an automated plant, a field device, which is connected for communication with a field access unit by means of a first communication network, especially by means of a fieldbus of automation technology, comprising: invoking a link of the field device in a client computer, wherein the link is composed at least of a protocol field and a parameter field, wherein the invoking of the link initiates steps as follows: starting a first frame application associated with the protocol field of the link; transferring the link to the first frame application and extracting information contained in the parameter field by the first frame application; configuring a communication path between the client computer and the field device via the field access unit with application of the information; opening a device driver or a device description in the first frame application.