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

Claim 0:
1. A method for communicating with at least one field device utilizing an interface device, each field device being connected to a communication channel of the interface device, the method comprising:
a) receiving a first command associated with a first field device from an industrial device;
b) communicating with the first field device over a first communication channel to execute the received first command, said communicating comprising performing a check, by the interface device, to determine whether the first communication channel is free and synchronizing the interface device to the first communication channel prior to communicating the first command to the first field device;
c) receiving at least one command associated with the at least one field device, at least one command including at least one command associated with a second field device from the at least one field device;
d) caching the at least one command in a memory module prior to execution of the first command; and
e) grouping the received at least one command into at least one group, each group of a plurality of groups of the at least one group comprising a set of commands associated with a corresponding field device connected on a corresponding communication channel to the interface device.