SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARAMETERIZING FIELD DEVICES OF AN AUTOMATION OR CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a system and method for parameterizing field devices (30) of an automation or control system, having a higher-ranking unit (10), which is connected via a first communication link (1) based on a first field bus protocol to a communication interface module (20). The communication interface module (20) is connected via a second communication link (2) based on a second field bus protocol (2) to at least one field device (30). In the higher-ranking unit (10), sub-blocks are generated and stored from the data structure for configuring the field device (30) that is stored in a device description file (14) for the field device (30). A first network service transmits the parameters of the field device (30), which are stored in sub blocks, from the higher-ranking unit (10) via the first communication link (1) into a first functionality of the communication interface module (20) that operates as a slave function. A further functionality integrated into the communication interface module (20) evaluates the parameters of the field device (30) that are stored in sub blocks and combines said parameters to form a single configuration block. The combined configuration block is loaded into a field bus master stack of the communication interface module (20) and, via a second functionality of the communication interface module (20) that operates as a master function, the configuration block is transmitted into the field device (30) via the second communication link (2) by means of a second network service.