Patent ID: 11940474
Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for testing a measuring device for measuring a physical variable, the measuring device comprising a converter configured to convert an input variable present at a measurement input into a measurement signal and to provide the same as an output variable, the method comprising:
switching a switching element to connect a processing unit of the measuring device to a signal generator of the measuring device, wherein the signal generator is configured to generate a test signal on a basis of a specification, and wherein the test signal corresponds to an output variable of the converter and an input variable of the converter corresponding to the specification;
receiving the specification for the test signal at a control input of the measuring device;
outputting the test signal by the signal generator based on the specification to the processing unit; and
processing the output test signal by the processing unit.