Patent ID: 11907576
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A gateway device for communicating with at least one field device via an interface device, the interface device being connected to the at least one field device over at least one corresponding communication channel, the gateway device comprising:
a) a network interface communicatively coupled to the interface device; and
b) at least one processor connected to a memory module, the at least one processor being configured to:
i) group a plurality of commands associated with the one or more field devices, into at least one group of the plurality of groups, each group of a plurality of the at least one group comprising a set of commands associated with a corresponding field device connected on a corresponding channel of the interface device,
ii) transmit a first group of commands to the interface device to execute the first group of commands on a corresponding first field device, a check being performed by the interface device to determine whether the first communicating channel is free and the interface device synchronizing to the first communication channel prior to communicating the first command to the first field device, and
iii) transmit a second group of commands to the interface device for executing the second group of commands on a corresponding second field device, upon the completion of execution of the first group of commands.