Smart auto reset for digital positioners connected to a local control panel or push button

A system for resetting a process control device in a process plant, the system comprising:

• a process control device;
• and
• a controller having a remote device trip initiation input, a local device trip initiation input, a remote trip condition input, and a local device reset input, wherein the local device trip initiation input and the local device reset input are received from a local control panel via a local interconnection, and wherein the controller is configured to determine a device trip source based on at least one of:
• the remote device trip initiation input and the local device trip initiation input, and wherein the controller is further configured to:
• automatically generate a device reset, when the device trip source determination module determines that the device trip source is a remote device trip, based on the remote trip condition input;
• and
• generate a device reset, when the device trip source determination module determines that the device trip source is a local device trip, based on the local device reset input.

A computer implemented method of resetting a process control device within a process plant, the method comprising:

• receiving a remote device trip initiation input at a processor of a computing device in response to the processor executing a remote device trip initiation input receiving module;
• receiving, from a local control panel via a local interconnection, a local device trip initiation input at a processor of a computing device in response to the processor executing a local device trip initiation input receiving module;
• receiving a remote trip condition input at a processor of a computing device in response to the processor executing a remote trip condition input receiving module;
• receiving, from a local control panel via a local interconnection, a local device reset input at a processor of a computing device in response to the processor executing a local device reset input receiving module;
• determining, using a processor of a computing device, a device trip source based on at least one of:
• the remote device trip initiation input and the local device trip initiation input, in response to the processor executing a device trip source determination module;
• and
• automatically generating, using a processor of a computing device, a device reset, when the device trip source is determined to be a remote device trip, based on the remote trip condition input, in response to the processor executing a device reset determination module;
• and
• generating, using a processor of a computing device, a device reset, when the device trip source is determined to be a local device trip, based on the local device reset input, in response to the processor executing the device reset determination module.