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 7.1.6 Building a Frame Application-Database of Supported Devices


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7.1 FDT Registry and Device Information
7.1.1 Visibility of business objects of a DTM
7.1.2 Component Categories
7.1.3 Registry Entries
7.1.4 Installation Issues
7.1.5 Microsoft’s Standard Component Categories Manager
7.1.6 Building a Frame Application-Database of Supported Devices
7.1.7 DTM Registration

7.1.6 Building a Frame Application-Database of Supported Devices

Using component categories a Frame Application is able to detect all installed DTMs. Additional information, e.g. vendor information, list of supported devices, can be determined by instantiating a DTM and using the IDtmInformation and IDtmInformation2 interfaces. By using this information, a Frame Application is able to build a database with
  • All available DTMs
  • All available BTMs
  • DTMs supporting a specific fieldbus
  • Supported field devices
  • Etc.
Based on this information it is possible to generate a mapping between specific field devices and supporting DTMs. This functionality is described in chapter 4.10.8.
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