Procédé en plusieurs étapes et installation destinés à la recherche interactive de données d'appareils d'un système d'automatisation

摘要

The method involves generating and displaying hit titles of field devices (2a, 2b) present in an automation system when the titles are matched with an associated result list during input of titles into a search field. A supplementary search criterion related to the selected device is entered into the search field or an adjacent refinement search field of an input mask (7) in subsequent refinement. Device data e.g. device master data and device description, corresponding to the search criterion for the required device is selectively displayed after subsequent start of search by a user. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a device for multi-stage interactive locating and utilizing device data in a networked automation system (2) a computer program product comprising a set of instructions to perform a method for multi-stage interactive locating and utilizing device data in a networked automation system.