FIELD APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND FIELD APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD

• Main Author: IGA RYOTATSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.2006
• Subjects: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a field apparatus management device and a filed apparatus management method, capable of rapidly detecting a state of a field apparatus. SOLUTION: This filed apparatus management device has: an inquiry means 101 executing inquiry of self-diagnostic information to the field apparatus; and acquisition means 102 acquiring the self-diagnostic information transmitted from the field apparatus in response to the inquiry. Because the field apparatus management device executes the inquiry of the self-diagnostic information to the filed apparatus to acquire the self-diagnostic information, the field apparatus management device can always monitor the state of the field apparatus without requiring troublesome work. An importance level of the individual field apparatus in a plant, an influence degree in time of abnormality occurrence, possibility of failure of the apparatus, or the like can be reflected in frequency of the inquiry to the individual field apparatus. A patrol condition can be changed according to the acquired self-diagnostic information. For example, when the acquired self-diagnostic information is one for predicting the occurrence of abnormality of the field apparatus, the frequency of the inquiry to the field apparatus can be increased. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI