Connection check in field maintenance tool

A field maintenance tool comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a memory device;
• a display device;
• an electrical measurement sensor;
• and
• a communication connector;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• detect the presence of a communicatively coupled path between the processor, the communication connector, and a process control device;
• measure, with the electrical measurement sensor, an electrical characteristic of the communicatively coupled path;
• retrieve, from the memory device, an electrical requirement of a communication protocol of the process control device;
• calculate a deficiency between the electrical characteristic and the electrical requirement;
• retrieve an electrical mitigation that reduces the deficiency from the memory device;
• and
• render the electrical mitigation on a display device.

A method performed by a computer processor, comprising:

• detecting the presence of a communicatively coupled path between the processor and a process control device;
• measuring an electrical characteristic of the communicatively coupled path;
• retrieving an electrical requirement of a communication protocol of the process control device from a memory device;
• calculating a deficiency in the presence of the communicatively coupled path, and between the electrical characteristic and the electrical requirement;
• retrieving an electrical mitigation that reduces the deficiency from the memory device;
• and
• rendering the electrical mitigation on a display device;
• wherein the electrical mitigation further comprises modifying a wiring configuration in the communicatively coupled path, and wherein the processor renders wiring instructions on the display device, and
• wherein the wiring instructions comprise an illustration of proper wiring connections on a process control device.