Patent ID: 8205022
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a device description for a measuring apparatus, the device description usable in a plurality of field bus protocols, the method comprising: receiving a first device description of the apparatus, the first device description including at least one variable, the at least one variable being related to a storage cell of the apparatus; selecting a target field bus protocol from the plurality of field bus protocols each having a maximum block size, the maximum block size being transmittable via a field bus with a single request when any of the plurality of field bus protocols is used; forming at least one block from the at least one variable, the at least one block having a maximum block size that corresponds to a smallest maximum block size of at least two field bus protocols of the plurality of field bus protocols; and providing the at least one block as a second device description of the apparatus in the target field bus protocol.