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US 2008/0189441 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs
AssigneeFisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
InventorsLarry Oscar Jundt, Kent Allan Burr, Gary Keith Law, William George Irwin, Marty James Lewis, Michael George Ott, Robert Burke Havekost
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises obtaining a tag of a process control device from the input/output device, and associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- obtaining a tag of a process control device from an input/output device;
- and
- associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.
A method comprising:
- receiving a configuration that associates a tag of a process control device with an input/output channel;
- obtaining a second tag from an input/output device electrically coupled to the process control device;
- and
- providing an error indicator when the tag and the second tag do not match.
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An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:
- receive a configuration that associates a tag of a process control device with an input/output channel;
- obtain a second tag from an input/output device electrically coupled to the process control device;
- and
- provide an error indicator when the tag and the second tag do not match.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and programmed to:
- receive a configuration that associates a tag of a process control device with an input/output channel;
- obtain a second tag from an input/output device electrically coupled to the process control device;
- and
- provide an error indicator when the tag and the second tag do not match.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.