# US 10,480,980 B2 · Human machine interface for a remote terminal unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,980 B2 - Document ID: US10480980B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/620,706 - Filed: 2017-06-12 - Published: 2017-12-14 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-13 - Assignees: Relevant Solutions, LLC - Applicants: Relevant Solutions, LLC - Inventors: Matthew G. Smith; Andrew D. Hutson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480980B2 ## CPC - G01F 15/068: {with electrical means (G01F15/063 takes precedence)} - G01D 4/002: {Remote reading of utility meters} - Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00) - Y04S 20/30: Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract Various implementations described herein are directed to a petrochemical measurement system. A remote terminal unit includes a network data server. A human machine interface may be an autonomous network data client in communication with the remote terminal unit. The human machine interface may include: a memory having configuration parameter software stored thereon; a user interface configured to receive configuration parameter input using the configuration parameter software; and a processor configured to send the configuration parameters received from the user interface of the HMI to the remote terminal unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A petrochemical measurement system, comprising: a remote terminal unit comprising a network data server and configurable using Modbus registers; a human machine interface (HMI) comprising an autonomous network data client in communication with the remote terminal unit, the HMI including: a memory having configuration parameter software stored thereon; a user interface configured to receive configuration parameter input using the configuration parameter software; a processor configured to send configuration parameters received from the user interface of the HMI to the remote terminal unit; and a monitoring and/or control system that maintains a configuration library for a plurality of flow meters, wherein the monitoring and/or control system is a supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) or a distributed control system (DCS) coupled to the remote terminal unit, and wherein the remote terminal unit is coupled to the plurality of flow meters; wherein the human machine interface is integrated in a housing with the remote terminal unit and there is at least one other human machine interface located remotely from the housing; wherein the human machine interface and the at least one other human machine interface comprise a plurality of human machine interfaces that are simultaneously connected to the remote terminal unit; wherein the plurality of human machine interfaces are coupled in a client-server fashion with the remote terminal unit; wherein the monitoring and/or control system configures a new flow meter using information stored in the configuration library; wherein the monitoring and/or control system configures the new flow meter using contents copied from of a specific block of the Modbus registers in a database of the monitoring and/or control system to the new flow meter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring and/or control system configures the new flow meter by pushing configuration data to the new flow meter from the monitoring and/or control system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameter input comprises a particular type of flow calculation and/or measurement. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 3, wherein the particular type of flow calculation and/or measurement includes at least one of a flow rate, a temperature and a pressure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameter input comprises a connection method. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 5, wherein the connection method comprises a current loop. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 5, wherein the connection method comprises Modbus serial communication. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 5, wherein the connection method comprises an integrated wireless device manager. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameter software includes pre-programmed connection profiles for a plurality of devices. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the remote terminal unit includes a built-in Highway Addressable Remote Transducer over Internet Protocol (HART-IP) interface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 1, wherein the human machine interface is programmed separately from the remote terminal unit and operates independently of the remote terminal unit. ### Claim 12 A petrochemical measurement system, comprising: a remote terminal unit comprising a network data server, the remote terminal unit configurable using Modbus communications; a monitoring and/or control system that maintains a configuration library for a plurality of flow meters, wherein the monitoring and/or control system is coupled to the remote terminal unit and is adapted to configure a new flow meter using contents copied from a specific block of Modbus registers in a database of the monitoring and/or control system to the new flow meter, and wherein the remote terminal unit is coupled to the plurality of flow meters; and a human machine interface comprising an autonomous network data client in communication with the remote terminal unit, the human machine interface having: a memory having configuration parameter software stored thereon; a user interface configured to receive configuration parameter input using the configuration parameter software; and a processor configured to send configuration parameters received from the user interface of the HMI to the remote terminal unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The petrochemical measurement system of claim 12, wherein the copied contents are pushed to the new flow meter from the monitoring and/or control system.