Systems and methods for alert device removal
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, William Robert Pettigrew
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Abstract
The embodiments described herein include systems and methods for removal of alerts for a device. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a controller a controller coupled to a field device. The industrial process control system further includes an alert server coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to detect, via a first protocol, removal of the field device and to communicate, in a second protocol, the removal of the field device to the alert server.
Claims20
An industrial process control system comprising:
- a controller configured to couple to a field device;
- and
- an alert server configured to couple to the controller,
- wherein the controller is configured to detect, via a first protocol, removal of the field device and to communicate, in a second protocol, the removal of the field device to the alert server.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, via a controller of an industrial control system and a first protocol, a detachment of a field device;
- removing alert information relating to the field device from an alarm data manager;
- and
- reporting, via the controller and a second protocol, the detachment of the field device to components of the industrial control system.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium comprising executable code, the executable code comprising instructions for:
- detecting, via a controller of an industrial control system and a first protocol, a detachment of a field device;
- removing alert information relating to the field device from an alarm data manager;
- and
- reporting, via the controller and a second protocol, the detachment of the field device to components of the industrial control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.