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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Endress+hauser Process Solutions Ag, Reinach, CH;
Jürg Bünzli Wurzer, Riehen, CH;
Wolfgang Höferlin, Efringen-Kirchen, DE;
Werner Luber, Allschwil, CH;
Michael Mayer, Oberwil, CH;
Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Reinach, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure resides in a method for monitoring an automated plant, which has a fieldbus access unit connected with a first communication network, wherein the first communication network has a plurality of field devices and network nodes, wherein a communication driver, which runs in a first frame application, which is implemented in a client computer connected with the fieldbus access unit via a second communication network, queries structure data of network nodes and field devices present in the first communication network, wherein the structure data are generated by the fieldbus access unit in the context of the query by scanning the address space of the network level and determining the network nodes and field devices present in the address space. The present disclosure further resides in a fieldbus access unit and an arrangement, comprising a client computer and a fieldbus access unit.