Method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11940778-B2
Application number	US-202117320236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2021
Priority date	Nov 14, 2018
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network, the method being implemented by a plug and produce system, the method comprising:
connecting the field device to the industrial system network;
providing, by the field device, information about the field device, the information comprising functional information for the field device;
utilizing the functional information to retrieve, from a server separate from the field device, information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application;
utilizing the functional information to retrieve from the server at least some capability information relating to a field device type of the field device;
utilizing the at least some capability information relating to the field device type and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve from the server a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and
downloading the parameter set to the field device,
wherein the functional information for the field device comprises an identity of the field device,
wherein the identity of the field device is determined from one or more of:
a location of the field device in the industrial system network; and
an identity of one or more devices that are neighbors to the field device, and
wherein the identity of the field device is inferred from the industrial system network.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing the field device with an address.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the address comprises a network address.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein providing the field device with the address comprises collecting meta data for the field device and for at least a part of the industrial system network to generate the address that is then provided to the field device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter set comprises data relating to a different device of a same device type.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising mapping the parameter set to the field device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the mapping comprises a process of converting at least some of the data of the parameter set.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
Implementing a browsing process to match a controller to the field device, the matching comprising utilization of control related functionality for the field device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the control related functionality comes from an information model implemented in the field device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the control related functionality for the field device is comprised within the functional information provided by the device.

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Braun Roland
• Mendoza Francisco
• Schulz Dirk
• Koziolek Heiko
• Burger Andreas

Classifications

• G05B19/41855 Primary

  by local area network [LAN], network structure · CPC title

• G05B19/4183

  characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification · CPC title

• G05B19/41835

  characterised by program execution · CPC title

• G05B2219/23336

  Identification of program, application, device to be controlled · CPC title

• G05B2219/25062

  Detect physical location of field device · CPC title