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Field device. Definition. A field device controls local operations such as opening and closing valves and breakers, collecting data from sensor systems, and monitoring the local environment for alarm conditions.

Offshore red tide multi-parameter real-time monitoring method and monitoring system based on buoy array

The invention discloses an offshore red tide multi-parameter real-time monitoring method and monitoring system based on a buoy array. The method comprises the following steps: S1, performing array deployment and topology configuration according to a sea area sensitivity degree, tide characteristics and a historical red tide trajectory; according to the invention, through risk differentiation buoy array deployment and redundancy topology, traditional isolated monitoring limitation is solved, and sea area full coverage and red tide diffusion tracking are realized; physical-chemical-biological multi-source sensing and in-situ detection are combined with data fusion, so that the problem of single parameter is solved, and the monitoring accuracy is improved; by means of liftable stratified sampling and in-situ algae species and toxicity analysis, the vertical monitoring blank is filled up, and the complete life cycle process of red tide from occurrence to regression is completely captured; through linkage of edge-cloud multi-model early warning and field equipment, a'monitoring-early warning-disposal 'closed loop is formed, and the red tide monitoring real-time performance and the emergency response capability are greatly improved.
Owner:WEIHAI ZHENGMING SEA TECH DEV CO LTD

Tunnel construction progress model generation method based on artificial intelligence

The invention relates to a tunnel construction progress model generation method based on artificial intelligence. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring multi-source heterogeneous data such as tunnel field equipment operation and geological change, and performing multi-modal fusion to form a unified data set; based on this, a particle filter algorithm is used to correct equipment positioning deviation, and a real-time position optimization result is generated. Comparing the time and space with the progress plan, and identifying and quantifying deviation points through a critical path method and a deviation analysis algorithm to form deviation data. And constructing a construction progress model by combining construction basic parameters and adopting a genetic algorithm, generating an adjustment scheme by taking a construction period and resources as targets, and obtaining an optimal scheme through compliance screening and fitness calculation iterative optimization. By the adoption of the method, efficient integration of heterogeneous data can be achieved, the equipment positioning precision is improved to the centimeter level, multi-dimensional quantification of progress deviation is achieved, progress deviation recognition and resource allocation efficiency is improved, and a technical scheme is provided for tunnel intelligent construction.
Owner:LUDONG UNIVERSITY

Multi-parameter fusion early warning system for mass concrete water storage and maintenance process

The invention relates to the technical field of building engineering construction monitoring, and particularly discloses a mass concrete water storage and maintenance process multi-parameter fusion early warning system which comprises a multi-source heterogeneous sensing network, an edge computing gateway, a cloud fusion analysis platform and an early warning execution terminal. The sensing network collects multi-dimensional parameters such as temperature, humidity and stress of concrete and the environment; the cloud platform evaluates the maintenance state and generates a graded early warning instruction based on a multi-physics field coupling model and a fusion early warning algorithm; and the early warning terminal drives the field device to execute differential intervention. According to the invention, comprehensive perception, accurate evaluation and active regulation and control of the states of multiple physical fields in the maintenance process are realized, and the early warning reliability and the maintenance quality are improved.
Owner:福建新华夏建工集团有限公司

Multi-screen cooperative control method based on OpenHarmony distributed architecture and all-in-one machine system

The invention relates to the technical field of distributed architectures, and discloses a multi-screen cooperative control method based on an OpenHarmony distributed architecture and an all-in-one machine system.The method comprises the steps that a broadcast frame found by equipment is sent through an OpenHarmony distributed soft bus, security authentication is conducted on a plurality of display terminals responding to the broadcast frame, a virtual bus channel is established, and the virtual bus channel is sent to the display terminals; obtaining a virtual device group; creating a distributed industrial data object on the main control equipment of the virtual equipment group and synchronizing the distributed industrial data object to each slave display terminal to obtain a distributed data model; mapping the anonymous shared memory to an annular buffer area; and writing real-time data acquired by the industrial field equipment into an annular buffer area, and transmitting the real-time data to each slave display terminal of the virtual equipment group, in the method, each display terminal accesses an agent instance of an industrial data object through a distributed data management framework; and the requirements of high reliability, low delay and high consistency on multi-screen cooperative control in an industrial field are met.
Owner:HUALONG XUNDA ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

Internet of Things smart farm monitoring method and system

The invention provides an Internet of Things smart farm monitoring method and system, and relates to the technical field of agricultural Internet of Things, and the method comprises the steps: executing the triggering type sensing operation of crop growth and environment abnormality at a field end side visual node of an Internet of Things smart farm based on a preset triggering condition, and outputting an end side initial sensing data set; performing non-redundant feature screening on an end-side initial sensing data set, extracting a key feature set, executing a staged slow aggregation operation through a low-power-consumption communication network, outputting batch feature data packets according to a link state, and realizing field light-flow transmission; the cloud processing platform receives the batch feature data packets, then calls the agronomy knowledge set for restoration and diagnosis, outputs a farm monitoring diagnosis result, generates a field equipment linkage instruction according to the farm monitoring diagnosis result, sends the field equipment linkage instruction to the execution equipment, and outputs an equipment linkage response result, so that the farm monitoring efficiency and accuracy are improved, and the farm monitoring accuracy is improved. Intelligent management is realized, and the field operation cost is reduced.
Owner:ZHIYUAN TUOTU TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD

Industrial scene-oriented multi-protocol compatible IoT (Internet of Things) acquisition and intelligent operation and maintenance system

The invention relates to the field of industrial Internet of Things, and discloses an industrial scene-oriented multi-protocol compatible IoT acquisition and intelligent operation and maintenance system, which comprises a configuration management module used for analyzing an encrypted configuration file and dynamically loading a communication protocol driving program by using a reflection mechanism; the data acquisition module is used for establishing connection with industrial field equipment by utilizing the loaded communication protocol driving program and acquiring original data; the data processing module is used for calculating a semantic entropy value of the original data in the time window and marking a data value grade according to the semantic entropy value; the data storage module is used for executing differentiated storage operation on the data according to the data value grade; a memory management module and a data forwarding module. By constructing a data acquisition module comprising a software and hardware dual-mode interface and combining a self-adaptive driving correction mechanism based on physical layer signal feature analysis, the effect of still maintaining communication connection when standard protocol driving fails or equipment aging parameters drift is achieved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG EVERGREEN INFORMATION TECH CO LTD

Containerization virtual PLC system of Internet of Things based on star flash

The invention defines an Internet of Things containerization virtual PLC system based on star flash. The system comprises a cloud server, at least one fog end node, a star flash wireless communication module and field end equipment, two normal forms are converted: 1, a dynamic migration normal form of control logic is realized, and a PLC is not a static entity bound to specific hardware but a control unit capable of flexibly scheduling and seamlessly migrating among computing power nodes through containerization and thermal migration technologies, so that the system availability and the resource utilization rate are fundamentally improved; and 2, a wireless normal form of field communication initiatively establishes a star flash technology as a core communication link of a virtual PLC and field equipment, and a deterministic wireless link provided by the wireless normal form effectively solves the core bottleneck of uncontrollable time delay and reliability of the traditional wireless technology, so that industrial-grade control is possible to get rid of wired constraint. Through the synergistic effect of the two normal forms, the containerized virtual control system which is high in toughness and flexibility and extremely flexible in deployment, operation and maintenance is jointly formed.
Owner:TONGJI UNIV

Heterogeneous protocol unification and edge enabling IO-Link gateway system and method

PendingCN121334267ANetwork connectionsTotal factory controlInteraction layerPathPing
The invention relates to the technical field of industrial communication and Internet of Things, in particular to an IO-Link gateway system and method for heterogeneous protocol unification and edge enabling. Comprising a hardware layer, a protocol adaptation layer, a data processing layer, an intelligent computing layer and a communication interaction layer which are connected in sequence to achieve standardized conversion and edge intelligent processing of heterogeneous industrial data, and data time sequence consistency and system operation stability are guaranteed in the whole process. According to the invention, a plurality of heterogeneous industrial protocols are downwards and uniformly mapped to a technical path of an IO-Link international standard, and heterogeneous data are converted into a standard IO-Link object dictionary at a gateway level, so that field devices of different manufacturers and different protocols can carry out data interaction with a uniform and semantic-rich information model; therefore, plug-and-play of data is realized in the equipment access layer, and a solid foundation is laid for constructing an integrated industrial Internet of Things system.
Owner:JIANGSU KEREAD INTELLIGENT CONTROL AUTOMATION TECH CO LTD

I / O server services for selecting and utilizing active controller outputs from containerized controller services in a process control environment

An I / O server service interacts with multiple containerized controller services each implementing the same control routine to control the same portion of the same plant. The I / O server service may provide the same controller inputs to each of the containerized controller services (e.g., representing measurements obtained by field devices and transmitted by the field devices to the I / O server service). Each containerized controller service executes the same control routine to generate a set of controller outputs. The I / O server service receives each set of controller outputs and forwards an “active” set to the appropriate field devices. The I / O server service and other services, such as an orchestrator service, may continuously evaluate performance and resource utilization in the control system, and may dynamically activate and deactivate controller services as appropriate.
Owner:FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYST INC

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods for sequence of event generation for a process control system

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for sequence of event generation for a process control system. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of execute or instantiate the machine readable instructions to obtain a first digital signal from a first field device representative of a first sensor data value labeled with a first timestamp generated by the first field device, obtain a second digital signal from a second field device representative of a second sensor data value labeled with a second timestamp generated by the second field device, and store a data association of the first and second sensor data values in a datastore, the data association representative of a sequence of events including an ordering of the first sensor data value and the second sensor data value based on the first and second timestamps.
Owner:FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYST INC

Tamper protection for the clock of a field tool

PendingDE102024122454A1Programme controlTime-division multiplexTamper resistancePublic key certificate
Method (100) for operating a field device (1) comprising an adjustable clock (2), at least one non-volatile CA memory (3) containing a public key certificate (3a) of a trusted certification authority, CA, at least one non-volatile time memory (4) for recording a date and / or time (4a) and at least one interface (5), comprising the steps: • A current date and / or time (7a) is received via the interface (5) (170); • this current date or time (7a) is compared with the date or time (4a) in the time memory (4) (180); and • In response to the fact that the current date or time (7a) is later (190) than the date or time (4a) in the time memory (4), the adjustable clock (2) of the field device (1) is set to the current date or time (7a) (200).
Owner:VEGA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO

Device and method for measuring velocity field of autoclave through hot-pressing wind speed

The invention discloses a device and a method for measuring the velocity field of an autoclave through hot-pressing wind speed. The device comprises a thermosensitive probe, a Wheatstone bridge, a lock-in amplifier, an NI multi-channel data acquisition card and a computer, the thermosensitive probe is used for instantaneously detecting the temperature of a placement point position and generating resistance fluctuation based on sensing temperature change; the Wheatstone bridge is formed by connecting a fixed resistor, a variable resistor and a thermosensitive probe, and is used for forming a series circuit with the lock-in amplifier; the lock-in amplifier is used for supplying power to the Wheatstone bridge and providing co-frequency voltage at the same time, so that resistance data of a thermosensitive probe in the Wheatstone bridge is converted into voltage data to be output; the NI multi-channel data acquisition card is used for acquiring in-phase component voltage signals output by the lock-in amplifier; the computer is used for processing the voltage data to obtain the average speed and the pulsation speed of the measurement point. According to the invention, the problems of limited precision, insufficient sensitivity and poor adaptability to the internal environment of the autoclave in the conventional gas speed measurement method are solved.
Owner:TONGJI UNIV

MEASURING SYSTEM FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION

PendingDE102024127415A1Programme controlComputer controlProcess engineeringProcess measurement
Measurement system for process automation in industrial or private environments, comprising a first field device for acquiring initial process measurement data and a computing arrangement for evaluating the acquired initial process measurement data, wherein the computing arrangement is configured to determine a new installation position and / or a new parameterization of the first field device based on the evaluation of the acquired initial process measurement data in order to improve the measurement result.
Owner:VEGA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO

External field equipment trusted access method based on non-addressable stealth gateway

The invention discloses an external field equipment trusted access method based on a non-addressable stealth gateway, which relates to the technical field of network security access, and comprises the following four steps: in a manufacturing period and first access, a certificate authorization machine binds equipment identity and trusted platform module measurement, policy decision point decision, policy execution point implementation and policy subset loading; initiating from the outside of the equipment, establishing an end-to-end trusted channel with the center, and performing inward isolation and transparent bearing on rear-end real services; updating strategies, algorithms and secret keys on line under the control of a unified strategy library; according to the method, the attack surface is reduced, the transformation cost is reduced, non-stop treatment is ensured, the encrypted traffic can be observed and audited, only trusted equipment can reach the center through a trusted channel, and event linkage right descending and certificate state linkage treatment are supported.
Owner:HANGZHOU XENON TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Remote intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring control method for power grid equipment

The invention discloses a remote intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring control method for power grid equipment, which relates to the technical field of intelligent operation and maintenance of a power grid, and comprises the following steps: performing time synchronization and standardization on multi-source monitoring data of a field device, calculating the credibility of a single piece of data, and constructing a data trust relation graph; operation and maintenance events with event-level data credibility are formed according to alarm merging; quantizing equipment health risks and system operation risks for operation and maintenance events, dividing automatic processing levels in combination with event-level data credibility, and generating a sequential control scheme for events which need to adjust operation modes or execute remote switch operations by using digital twinborn simulation; and generating an operation and maintenance work order according to the joint risk value and the automatic processing level, performing actual measurement and simulation comparison verification before execution, writing back and updating the equipment health risk model and the data trust relation graph after the work order is completed, and realizing whole-process closed-loop operation and maintenance control based on data credibility and risk.
Owner:ZHUHAI POWER SUPPLY BUREAU GUANGDONG POWER GIRD CO

Virtual technology medical linear accelerator maintenance process method

PendingCN121260394AImage analysisBiological modelsThe InternetVirtual technology
The invention discloses a virtual technology medical linear accelerator maintenance process method, and relates to the technical field of linear accelerator maintenance, and the method comprises field equipment control: the field equipment control is connected with linear accelerator hardware, and the method is provided with a field maintenance terminal, a remote maintenance platform, an expert cooperation module and a fault knowledge graph database; a perfect maintenance process system is constructed, the maintenance process is managed through process and safety control, the operation safety is ensured, remote expert interaction authentication, key parameter transmission and abnormal alarm triggering are realized through expert access, the overall maintenance decision speed is increased, multi-brand equipment access is supported, the use range and scene are expanded, and the maintenance efficiency is improved. And meanwhile, the annual operation and maintenance cost of the equipment is reduced, the cost is effectively controlled, maintenance process data and corresponding analysis results are managed, visualized and stored, maintenance process management can be realized through cloud management and control of the Internet of Things, and the intelligent level of maintenance process management is improved.
Owner:XINYANG HOSPITAL

Intelligent question answering system of water affair service system

The invention discloses an intelligent question-answering system of a water affair service system, which adopts a four-layer architecture of a sensing layer, a control layer, a computing layer and an application layer, realizes closed-loop intelligent management from data sensing to equipment execution, and ensures data quality from the source by the sensing layer through a self-checking water affair data acquisition device; and the calculation layer processes multi-source data by using a time sequence mechanism double-drive fusion algorithm, analyzes user questions by using an intelligent question and answer engine, and generates answers containing business decisions and equipment operation instructions in combination with a water affair knowledge base. The system has the prominent advantages that after a question and answer equipment linkage control unit of a deep linkage control layer receives an instruction, the real-time mechanical performance of field equipment is verified in advance, it is ensured that the instruction can be executed and then issued, the execution progress is monitored in the whole process, synchronous feedback is conducted, the data reliability and decision scientificity are fundamentally improved, and the system is suitable for popularization and application. Question and answer output is established on credible data, and decision predictability and accuracy are improved in emergency scheduling and other scenes.
Owner:ZHENGZHOU LITONG WATER CO LTD

Apparatus for processing signals between a controller and field devices

An apparatus for processing signals transmitted between a controller and one field device or multiple field devices includes: a carrier having a control interface, a field interface, and one slot or multiple slots, the control interface being for connection of one electrical line channel or multiple electrical line channels of the controller, the field interface being for connection of input and / or output signal lines, I / O signal lines, of the one field device or the multiple field devices, and the one slot is, or each of the multiple slots are, for the releasable mechanical connection of a module in a plug-in direction and, in the mechanically connected state, for the electrical connection of the respective module to the line channel or one of the line channels and to the I / O signal lines of the field device or one of the field devices; and at least one module.
Owner:PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO KG

Dynamic reconstruction and optimized operation method and device for power distribution network

The invention discloses a dynamic reconstruction and optimization operation method and device for a power distribution network, and relates to the technical field of smart power grids, and the main technical scheme is as follows: a multi-level collaborative decision-making architecture pre-constructed for the power distribution network is utilized (an upper decision-making agent is responsible for achieving global optimization in a whole network range; a middle-layer decision-making agent is focused on dynamic reconstruction of the regional network; and the bottom-layer decision-making agent carries out refined regulation and control on distributed energy and controllable resources in a region), and in order to realize the goal of optimal comprehensive income of the power distribution network, a learning cooperative work strategy is trained for each level of decision-making agent in advance; after each level of decision-making agent obtains the operation data of the power distribution network from different sensing terminals in the power distribution network, each level of decision-making agent processes the corresponding operation data of the power distribution network to output decision-making information under the cooperative work strategy; finally, the system dynamically adjusts the network topology structure according to the decision information, and coordinates and controls the operation of the field equipment under the reconstructed network architecture.
Owner:NORTH CHINA ELECTRICAL POWER RES INST +1

In-field device migration between operating systems

The technology involves migration of computing devices from one operating system to a different operating system, e.g., via an over-the-air (OTA) process. The migration at the device can be done autonomously without human input, while managing resource issues such as limited memory size or different memory types. A sequence of builds may be employed depending on the type of device that undergoes migration. A backend migration service can provide an airlock feature to migrate devices in batches, for instance should fractional migration be employed for many devices in a product line. The airlock approach provides a handshake between devices and an update service irrespective of which batch a given computing device is in. This enables the OTA process to support batch OS migration for thousands of computing devices or more, while ensuring that changes to each computing device are accounted for.
Owner:GOOGLE LLC

Multi-thread asynchronous communication and adaptive analysis intelligent device control system and method

The invention provides an intelligent equipment control system and method for multi-thread asynchronous communication and self-adaptive analysis. The intelligent equipment control system comprises a hardware layer interface module, a multi-thread asynchronous communication module, a self-adaptive data analysis module, a data processing and storage module and an intelligent diagnosis module. A multi-thread asynchronous communication architecture is constructed through the multi-thread asynchronous communication module to realize concurrent data interaction of multiple intelligent devices, communication protocols of different types of intelligent devices are compatible through the adaptive data analysis module, and an intelligent diagnosis function is integrated. The problems that a traditional upper computer is high in communication delay, poor in protocol compatibility, low in multi-device cooperative control efficiency and the like are solved, the real-time performance and reliability of industrial field device monitoring are improved, and the method is suitable for multi-device cooperative scenes such as intelligent manufacturing and intelligent storage.
Owner:HUNAN AINES TECH CO LTD

Method for changing an existing access key in a field device in automation technology

A method for changing an existing access key in a field device in automation technology includes the steps of: providing a key database on a database server; generating a key data set for a user authorized to access or a control unit authorized to access from the key database; and transferring the key data set to the control unit of the access-authorized user or the access-authorized control unit, so that the control unit of the access-authorized user or the access-authorized control unit has the existing access keys of the field devices for which an access authorization exists. The key database is for a plurality of field devices and contains at least a field device identifier of a respective field device, the existing access key of the respective field device and the identifier of a user authorized to access and / or a control unit authorized to access the respective field device.
Owner:KROHNE MESSTECHNICK GMBH & CO KG

Field operations framework

PendingUS20260252054A1Control engineeringField device
A method may include receiving, by an equipment-based interception layer, automation instructions from a computational framework for control of a field equipment system; receiving, by the equipment-based interception layer, human-initiated instructions from an electronic operator chair for performance of operations by the field equipment system; transmitting, by the equipment-based interception layer and responsive to receipt of one or more of the automation instructions and the human-initiated instructions, control instructions to control one or more subsystems of the field equipment system; receiving, by the equipment-based interception layer, feedback from one or more of the subsystems responsive to implementation of the control instructions; and transmitting the feedback to one or more of the computational framework and the electronic operator chair.
Owner:SCHLUMBERGER TECH CORP

Adapter arrangement for mounting a readout adapter on a field device with a mechanical adapter

Adapter arrangement (10) for mounting a readout adapter (200) on a field device (500) for reading measured values ​​from the field device (500), comprising: having a mechanical adapter (100): a base body (110) with a front (111) which, in a mounted state, faces away from the field device (500), and a rear (115) opposite the front (111) which, in the mounted state, faces the field device (500); and at least one fastening unit; wherein the mechanical adapter (100) is essentially designed as a cap with an essentially cylindrical recess on the back and has an edge region (130); wherein the at least one fastening unit is arranged in the edge region (130) of the mechanical adapter (100) and is designed to fasten the mechanical adapter (100) and / or the readout adapter (200) of the adapter arrangement (10) to the field device (500) without altering any electrical wiring of the field device (500).
Owner:ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG

Method for controlling an automated I / O device system

Method for controlling an automated I / O device system for executing a production process with at least one production parameter (P), wherein the I / O device system comprises an I / O controller (3) with control software and at least one I / O field device (1), which are interconnected via a PROFINET network with a gateway (2) as a software and / or hardware interface for communication over the network, wherein the gateway (2) is an IO-Link master gateway, wherein the method for integrating the field device (1) into the I / O device system comprises: • providing a description file in gsdml format • executing configuration software (4), in particular an engineering tool, and scanning for further I / O field devices (1) via the network • recognizing the I / O field device (1) by the configuration software • providing a configuration database (9, 10) which includes at least one IODD of the field device (1).• Providing a support tool (5) for generating an application-specific description file, which forms the interface between configuration software (4) and the gateway (2), • wherein the support tool (5) includes a configuration module for accessing and configuring the I / O field device (1), • wherein the support tool (5) uses a data buffer (7) as a buffer during communication with the I / O field device (1) and / or as a buffer for parameters (P) for generating the application-specific description file, • Generating an application-specific description file in gsdml format via the support tool (5), wherein the support tool (5) is a standalone, computer-implemented form of a tool with which the description file to be used application-specifically by the support tool (5) is generated by supplementing the description file in gsdml format,i. Assigning an IODD according to parameter (P) of the IO field device (1) and according to production parameter (P); ii. Adding at least one parameter (P) and the article number from the IODD to the application-specific description file; iii. wherein the support tool (5) assigns the IODD to the field device (1) and accesses an internal configuration database (9) or an external configuration database (10) via an Ethernet connection (11) for this purpose; • Transferring the application-specific description file as a gsdml file to the IO controller (3) and the control software via the configuration software (4); • Executing the control software to control the IO field device (1); • Using a configuration and optimization tool, exporting the application-specific description file as an AML file.
Owner:IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH

Secondary water supply pump room operation and maintenance scheduling method and system based on process collaboration

The invention discloses a secondary water supply pump room operation and maintenance scheduling method and system based on process collaboration, and relates to the technical field of pump room data processing. The secondary water supply pump room operation and maintenance scheduling method and system based on flow collaboration comprises the steps that S1, mechanical operation data, network-level data and response data in the pump room operation process are collected and preprocessed, and a standardized pump room operation data set is constructed; s2, carrying out collaborative analysis on the consistency of the pump room working condition mode, and triggering the execution of a control instruction; s3, carrying out fusion evaluation on the overall working condition, and completing the dynamic adjustment of the operation and maintenance scheduling state; and S4, comprehensively evaluating the regulation and control conditions of the pump room, and pushing field equipment to execute real-time regulation actions. The problems that a pump room working condition change sequence cannot form a standardized operation mode and data-driven intelligent regulation and control lacks a verifiable basis are solved.
Owner:WUXI ZHIYUAN WATER TECH CO LTD

Method and device for controlling the power supply of a field device

The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the power supply of a field device (100). The device comprises a rechargeable energy storage device (140), a load (160), and a first switch (144) between the energy storage device (140) and the load (160). Furthermore, the device comprises a solar cell (120) with a cover (121) configured to block light from entering the solar cell (120), thereby switching the field device (100) from normal operation to shipping mode and opening the first switch (144).
Owner:VEGA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO

Automation field device

The invention relates to an automation field device comprising: - a housing (2) which forms an interior (2.8) having, with respect to a longitudinal axis of the housing (2), at least a first rotationally symmetrical inner region (2.21) with a first internal diameter (D1) and a second rotationally symmetrical inner region (2.22) with a second internal diameter (D2); - an electronic unit (7) which is arranged in the interior and has at least a printed circuit board (7.1), an electronic component (7.3) to which a specified maximum potting height (7.31) is assigned, up to which the component can be potted with a potting compound (13) without impairing the functionality of the electronic component, and a pin projection (7.2), wherein the first and second diameters (D1, D2) of the rotationally symmetrical regions (2.21, 2.22) are coordinated with one another in such a way that, even in the case of a volume tolerance of the total volume of the potting compound in the interior, the printed circuit board (7.1) and the pin projection (7.2) are completely potted and the electronic component (7.3) is not potted beyond the specified maximum potting height (7.31).
Owner:ENDRESS & HAUSER GMBH & CO KG

Partitioned HVAC controller

In some aspects, the HVAC field device described herein includes: a housing; an HVAC functional device; a non-volatile memory unit including: a first set of computer-executable instructions in a first memory partition configured to execute an operating system; and a second set of computer-executable instructions in a second memory partition configured to execute an application module, wherein the application module is configured to control operation of the HVAC functional device; a volatile memory unit; and at least one processor configured to: execute the operating system in a first memory region of the volatile memory unit and execute the application module in a second memory region of the volatile memory unit, wherein the application module is prevented from accessing the first memory region of the volatile memory unit.
Owner:BELIMO HOLDING AG