HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE

摘要

A handheld field maintenance tool (52, 102) is provided. The handheld field maintenance tool (52, 102) includes a process communication module (121, 138) configured to communicate with a field device (22, 23, 104). The handheld field maintenance tool (52, 102) also includes a display (120) and a user input device (122). A controller (130) is coupled to the process communication module (121, 138), the user input device (122) and the display (122) and is configured to generate a listing of task- based field maintenance operations on the display (120) and receive a user input selecting a task-based field maintenance operation (254). The controller (130) is configured to automatically traverse (258) a menu of the field device (22, 23, 102) using a fast-key sequence relative to the selected task. A method of creating a task-based field maintenance operation (260) is provided. A method of interacting with a field device menu (300) is also provided.