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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Markus Kilian, Freiburg, DE;
Markus Kilian, Freiburg, DE;
Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Abstract
A field device for data- and parameter-processing in a decentralized automation system, wherein other connected fieldbus components of the decentralized automation system communicate with one another via a fieldbus connected to the field device, and wherein a unified automation system is formed from a plurality of encapsulated function blocks, which run decentralized in the individual fieldbus components of the fieldbus and communicate with one another. An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a function block for field devices of process automation technology, which enables a simple, controlled storage of data and/or parameters from the various function blocks of the decentralized units of the automation system and which permits an autonomous re-parametering of the function blocks of the relevant field device.