Patent ID: 8793417

Claim:
A method for automatically integrating field devices in an automation system having a plurality of field devices connectable via at least one bus system, the field devices being incorporated in the automation system via the bus system according to a predetermined configuration stored in memory of the automation system and executed by a processor of the automation system, the method comprising: connecting a respective field device to the bus system of the automation system; automatically addressing the respective field device connected to the system by a superordinate controller using a predefined default address by means of an automatically running first routine; registering the default address of the addressed device in the system using its device address; allocating automatically a fixed address selected from a plurality of unassigned addresses in an address memory to the device registered in the system by means of a second automatically running routine; allocating an individually assigned identification (TAG) provided from a predetermined configuration of the automation system to the allocated fixed address; and after the automatically allocated fixed address has been transmitted to the respective field device, changing the field device to a suitable state for communication with the superordinate controller.