公开(公告)号：US12160339B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US18332866

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Marcus Heege ,  Christoph Welte

IPC: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L67/12

Abstract: A method for generating configuration information for a new field device includes obtaining driver information that allows communication with the new field device and comprises new parameter information that identifies a parameter in the context of the new field device, obtaining a list of one or more semantic identifiers, determine existing field device parameters with which the semantic identifier is already associated in the industrial plant, obtain existing parameter information, evaluate to which extent existing parameter information matches new parameter information with respect to a parameter of the new field device, and based on this evaluated extent, associate the semantic identifier with the parameter of the new field device as part of the sought configuration information for the new field device.

公开(公告)号：US12301409B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US17353847

申请日：2021-06-22

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Christoph Welte ,  Christian Fahrenholz ,  Marcus Heege

IPC: H04L41/08 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484

Abstract: A field device configuration tool includes: a user interface; a processing unit; and a memory. The processing unit controls the user interface to present information for a parameter of a field device on a display of the user interface. The user interface enables a user of the field device to input a semantic identification ID for the parameter of the field device. The processing unit maps the semantic identification ID to the parameter for the field device as a mapping. The processing unit saves the mapping between the semantic ID and the parameter in the memory as a saved mapping.

公开(公告)号：US10747698B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US16132502

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Christoph Welte ,  Marcus Heege ,  Wolfgang Mahnke ,  Marko Schlueter

IPC: G06F13/38 ,  H04L12/40 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: A control or test system for a field device includes: a communication unit for bidirectionally commmunicating with the field device via a fieldbus protocol; a command memory for receiving commands that are transmittable to the field device via the fieldbus protocol; and a masking memory, which masking memory receives the commands contained in the command memory that are not supported by the field device, and/or receives an error message returned by the field device in response to such command.

公开(公告)号：US20190018812A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16132502

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Christoph Welte ,  Marcus Heege ,  Wolfgang Mahnke ,  Marko Schlueter

IPC: G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/42 ,  H04L12/40 ,  G05B19/042

Abstract: A control or test system for a field device includes: a communication unit for bidirectionally commmunicating with the field device via a fieldbus protocol; a command memory for receiving commands that are transmittable to the field device via the fieldbus protocol; and a masking memory, which masking memory receives the commands contained in the command memory that are not supported by the field device, and/or receives an error message returned by the field device in response to such command.

公开(公告)号：US20170093622A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15278090

申请日：2016-09-28

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Christioph Welte ,  Marcus Heege ,  Wolfgang Mahnke ,  Marko Schlueter

IPC: H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/20

Abstract: A method for managing and configuring field devices of an automation system having a central FDI server, the topology of the automation system and the configuration of each field device within this topology being stored on the FDI server; having a configuration tool connected to the central FDI server via a network connection; and having a software package suitable for managing and configuring, and relates to a configuration system for this purpose, involves, for the purpose of offline configuration, associating a local FDI server (22) with the configuration tool, on which server the topology of the automation system and storing the configuration of each field device within this topology at least in part.

公开(公告)号：US20170090449A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15278077

申请日：2016-09-28

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Christioph Welte ,  Marcus Heege ,  Wolfgang Mahnke ,  Marko Schlueter

IPC: G05B19/05 ,  G05B11/01

CPC classification number: G05B19/056 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B2219/13004 ,  G05B2219/25428 ,  G05B2219/32144

Abstract: A method for managing and configuring field devices of an automation system, wherein (1) a list of the texts contained in the field device-specific information package is generated in the predefined standard language using a configuration tool of the field device; (2) a text in a new language option is generated for each text in this list and assigned to the list; (3) queries regarding the execution time are made to the EDD in the standard language; (4) the responses to the queries are scanned for known texts in the predefined standard language and these texts are swapped for the texts in the new language option; and (5) the texts in the new language variant regarding the execution time of the field devices are displayed on a user interface of the configuration tool.

公开(公告)号：US20230400840A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18332815

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Marcus Heege ,  Christoph Welte

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41865 ,  G05B2219/31449

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for operating at least one field device that is managed by an asset management system (AMS) includes establishing an initial alignment between a set of values of field device parameters maintained by the AMS and values of these parameters on the field device; checking whether the configuration of the field device has changed since the initial alignment; and in response to determining that the configuration of the field device has changed, re-establishing alignment between the set of values of field device parameters maintained by the AMS and the values of these parameters on the field device.

公开(公告)号：US20240056502A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18446606

申请日：2023-08-09

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Marcus Heege ,  Christoph Welte

IPC: H04L67/12

CPC classification number: H04L67/12

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a command to read a value of a variable from a field device, wherein the field device is designated by a field device identifier and the variable is designated by a semantic identifier; retrieving, from a ruleset, at least one rule indicating a dependency of the sought value of the variable on one or more parameter values of the field device; and generating computer-executable code configured to obtain the parameter values of the field device on which the sought value of the variable depends according to the at least one rule; and compute the sought value of the variable from these parameter values according to the at least one rule.

公开(公告)号：US20230403192A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18332866

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Marcus Heege ,  Christoph Welte

IPC: H04L41/0806

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L67/12

Abstract: A method for generating configuration information for a new field device includes obtaining driver information that allows communication with the new field device and comprises new parameter information that identifies a parameter in the context of the new field device, obtaining a list of one or more semantic identifiers, determine existing field device parameters with which the semantic identifier is already associated in the industrial plant, obtain existing parameter information, evaluate to which extent existing parameter information matches new parameter information with respect to a parameter of the new field device, and based on this evaluated extent, associate the semantic identifier with the parameter of the new field device as part of the sought configuration information for the new field device.

公开(公告)号：US20230297084A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18186519

申请日：2023-03-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Wagener ,  Marcus Heege ,  Christoph Welte ,  Christian Fahrenholz

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4185 ,  G05B19/41845

Abstract: A system and method for configuring a field device for use in an industrial plant includes creating, from device description information of the field device, and/or from a template configuration, T, stored in association with the field device and/or in association with a type of the field device, an instance of a configuration for the field device; setting values of configuration parameters in the instance to default values given by the device description information, and/or to values given by the template T; determining semantic meanings of configuration parameters in the instance; obtaining, from a data store, values of configuration parameters stored in association with the field device and semantic meanings; writing each value obtained from the data store to a configuration parameter in the instance whose semantic meaning matches the semantic meaning of the value; and provisioning the field device with the instance of the configuration.