Patent ID: 8321602
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A device management apparatus comprising: a device DTM that controls a field device; a communication DTM that controls a communication between the field device and the device DTM; a FDT frame application that manages the device DTM and the communication DTM; and a monitoring DTM that performs monitoring and collecting of data transmitted between the device DTM and the communication DTM and outputs the data to the FDT frame application, the monitoring DTM collecting first property information of the communication DTM and second property information of the device DTM, the monitoring DTM storing the first and second property information in a DTM profile list, and wherein the monitoring DTM comprises: the monitoring DTM is disposed between the device DTM and the communication DTM, the monitoring DTM collects the data transmitted between the device DTM and the communication DTM without effecting communication between the device DTM and the communication DTM, the monitoring DTM performs formatting of the data that has been collected by the monitoring DTM, and outputs the data, which has been formatted, to the FDT frame application.