Patent ID: 8527888
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a field device as a replacement for a previously installed field device of a same type, the method comprising the steps of: specifying a device type commissioning definition including a set of device-type specific parameters for which parameter values are downloaded to render the replacement for the previously installed field device operational, wherein the device type commissioning definition includes a mode field for specifying, on an individual parameter basis, an operational mode for a device when writing a parameter value to support device replacement, and wherein the device type commissioning definition specifies a timing requirement for writing specific parameters on an individual parameter basis; storing, in a database, a first set of instance-specific configuration parameter values for a first field device corresponding to the set of device-type specific parameters; physically replacing the first field device by a second field device on a process control network, wherein the first field device and second field device are of the same type; identifying for the second field device, via a user interface, a configuration data source identification corresponding to the first set of instance-specific configuration parameter values in the database; and invoking a configuration procedure for the second field device, connected to the process control network, wherein the configuration procedure comprises a sequence of automated operations carried out according to: