Patent ID: 8060872
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring software code from a control unit to a field device of process automation technology, comprising the steps of: integrating the software code in a software module, which represents the software driver of the field device and which encapsulates data and functions of the field device and requires, as runtime environment, an operating program for field devices, wherein the software module is provided in the form of a DTM (device type manager) according to FDT (Field Device Tool)-Specifications, and the operating program serves as a FDT-frame application; establishing a communication connection with the operating program and the field device via the FDT-frame application; checking an authenticity of said DTM by a function-block shell installed in the field device, wherein if said DTM is a DTM certified by a manufacturer: transferring the software code via the communication connection to the field device; and executing the software code with the field device by using the function-block shell, wherein the function-block shell represents an application program interface between a fieldbus stack and function-block applications, and parameters of the function-block, which is composed of a function-block user interface and function-block software code, are changed via the function-block user interface.