System and method for porting of device software

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for porting software. In one embodiment, a container generator (40) is provided. The container generator (40) is configured to translate a field device description file into a plug-in file (102) having executable instructions and a parameter configuration file (104) having configuration information. The plug-in file (102) and the parameter configuration file (104) are further configured for use by a destination application to communicate with a device (22, 24, 26).