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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Gienke, Hannover, DE;
Thoralf Schulz, Mentor, OH (US);
Inventors:
Michael Gienke, Hannover, DE;
Thoralf Schulz, Mentor, OH (US);
Assignee:
ABB AG, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G01M 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for remote diagnostics of a field device in a process engineering system that is part of a distributed control system. The field devices are connected to I/O units and are operated by a central device. The diagnostics device is functionally divided into a recording unit and a physically separate processing unit. The recording unit and the processing unit are logically connected to one another via a wireless communications link.