Patent ID: 7430746

Claim:
A system for operating, configuring and maintaining a field transmitter F, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to said processor; a defined interface S; an application program FA which communicates with a field-transmitter specific software module SW 1 , SW 2 , or SW 3 via said defined interface S; said defined interface S being used in order to call standard functionalities of the field transmitter F from the software modules SW 1 , SW 2 or SW 3 ; and an expansion module EW for the application program FA which is interposed between the application program FA and the field-transmitter specific software module SW 1 , SW 2 , or SW 3 , whereby said expansion module EW comprises company specific functionalities for the field transmitter F, and whereby the entire communication of the application program FA with the software modules SW 1 , SW 2 or SW 3 takes place via said expansion module EW in order to permit besides access to the standard functionalities also access to the company specific functionalities within the context of and using the field-transmitter specific software module SW 1 , SW 2 , or SW 3 .