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US 11,106,611 B2Granted
Control system migration using interface card
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorChad Michael Shryock
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for migrating field device data signals from a first control system to a second control system using an interface card. An interface card can be configured to couple to a first and second terminal block cable assembly, respectively associated with a first and second control system. The interface card and system herein can maintain a field device data channel assignment configuration when migrating control and data I/O of the field device from the first control system to the second control system.
Claims24
A system comprising:
- a field device;
- a first control system, the first control system coupled to the field device and including a first terminal block cable assembly;
- a second control system, the second control system including a second terminal block cable assembly;
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- an interface card including,
- a terminal board including a plurality of edge connectors, wherein a first edge connector of the plurality of edge connectors is configured to couple to the field device via a first data channel of the first control system;
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- a housing, coupled to the terminal board and including a plurality of terminal connectors, wherein a first terminal connector of the plurality of terminal connectors is configured to couple to the second control system via a second data channel of the second control system and the first terminal connector is configured to couple to the first edge connector via a trace configured on the terminal board such that data signals conveyed between the first data channel of the first control system and the second data channel of the second control system are conveyed via the trace coupling the first edge connector and the first terminal block,
- wherein the interface card is configured to convey the data signals between the field device and the second control system without de-terminating the first data channel of the field device from the first control system and re-terminating the first data channel of the field device with the second control system.
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An interface card comprising:
- a terminal board including a plurality of edge connectors, wherein a first edge connector of the plurality of edge connectors is configured to couple to a field device via a first data channel of a first control system;
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- a housing, coupled to the terminal board and including a plurality of terminal connectors, wherein a first terminal connector of the plurality of terminal connectors is configured to couple to a second control system via a second data channel of the second control system and the first terminal connector is configured to couple to the first edge connector via a trace configured on the terminal board such that data signals conveyed between the first data channel of the first control system and the second data channel of the second control system are conveyed via the trace coupling the first edge connector and the first terminal block,
- wherein the interface card is configured to convey the data signals between the field device and the second control system without de-terminating the first data channel of the field device from the first control system and re-terminating the first data channel of the field device with the second control system.
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A method comprising:
- coupling an interface card to a first terminal block cable assembly of a first control system, the first control system coupled to a field device, wherein the interface card includes a plurality of edge connectors arranged on a terminal board of the interface card, wherein a first edge connector of the plurality of edge connectors is configured to couple to the field device via a first data channel of the first control system;
- coupling the interface card to a second terminal block cable assembly of a second control system, wherein the interface card further includes a housing, coupled to the terminal board and configured with a plurality of terminal connectors, wherein a first terminal connector of the plurality of terminal connectors is configured to couple to the second control system via a second data channel of the second control system and the first terminal connector is configured to couple to the first edge connector via a trace configured on the terminal board such that data signals conveyed between the first data channel of the first control system and the second data channel of the second control system are conveyed via the trace coupling the first edge connector and the first terminal block;
- attaching the second terminal block cable assembly to the second control system;
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- conveying the data signals between the field device and the second control system via the interface card without de-terminating the first data channel of the field device from the first control system and re-terminating the first data channel of the field device with the second control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.