Buffering alarms
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Baier, Eric G. Dorgelo, Kenwood H. Hall, Charles M. Rischar, David K. Johnson, Dale Sapach, Jan Bezdicek, Daniel Cernohorsky
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Abstract
An industrial field device comprises an alarm generator component that creates an alarm relating to the industrial field device and a buffering component that selectively caches the alarm within a data repository. The field device can be an industrial controller or a network infrastructure device. The alarm created by the alarm generator component can be customized according to user information, including user preferences.
Claims23
An industrial field device, comprising:
- an alarm generator component that creates an alarm relating to the industrial field device;
- and
- a buffering component that selectively caches the alarm within a data repository.
A method for selectively caching alarms, comprising:
- generating an alarm within an industrial field device;
- and
- buffering the alarm within the industrial field device.
A system, comprising:
- means for generating an alarm within an industrial field device;
- and
- means for selectively buffering the alarm within the industrial field device if a device that is desirably provided the alarm is not associated with sufficient connectivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.