Systems and methods for foundation fieldbus alerts
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
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Abstract
An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (OPC AE) server and provide the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
Claims20
An industrial process control system comprising:
- an alarm server comprising a processor, wherein the alarm server is configured to:
- receive device information representative of a field device, wherein the device information comprises information extracted from a device definition (DD) file of the field device,
- translate the device information into a first format interpretable by an OPC Alarms and Events (OPC AE) server, and
- provide the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at an alarm server, device information representative of a field device, wherein the device information comprises information extracted from a data definition (DD) file;
- translating, by a processor of the alarm server, the device information into a first format interpretable by an OPC AE server;
- and
- providing, from the alarm server, the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
A non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium comprising executable code, the code comprising instructions for:
- receiving device information representative of a field device from a database, wherein the device information comprises information extracted from a device definition (DD) file of the field device;
- translating the device information into a first format interpretable by an OPC AE server;
- and
- providing the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.