Monitoring and Controlling of valves in industrial process control and automation using NFC
AssigneeHCL Technologies Limited
InventorsGopi Krishna Durbhaka, Arvind Kumar Maurya, Subramanya Uma Maheswara Prasad Dhanyamraju
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Abstract
A system and method to monitor and control the valves in industrial process control and automation using Near-Field Communication (NFC) is disclosed. The system comprises a NFC-Equipment Interface Unit (NFC-EIU) to acquire parameters from the valves through a port and send the parameters to any handheld device by NFC for analysis. The NFC-EIU on receiving the analysis results from the handheld device can control the valves too.
Claims7
A system to monitor and control a valve in process control using Near-Field communication (NFC), wherein said system comprises:
- an NFC-Equipment Interface Unit (NFC-EIU), wherein said NFC-EIU comprises a microcontroller, a NFC module;
- at least one valve connected with said NFC-EIU;
- a handheld device connected with said NFC-EIU;
- wherein said system is configured to:
- obtain parameters from said at least one valve using said NFC-EIU;
- send said parameters to said handheld device by said NFC-EIU;
- analyze said parameters by said handheld device;
- and
- control said at least one valve by said NFC-EIU based on said analysis, on said NFC-EIU receiving said analysis from said handheld device.
A Near-Field Communication (NFC)-Equipment Interface Unit (NFC-EIU) for monitoring and controlling a valve in process control using NFC, wherein said NFC-EIU comprises a microcontroller, a NFC module, further said NFC-EIU is configured to:
- acquire parameters from at least one valve in said process control;
- send said parameters to a handheld device for analysis;
- and
- control said at least one valve based on said analysis, on said NFC-EIU receiving said analysis from said handheld device.
A method for monitoring and controlling a valve in process control using Near Field Communication (NFC), wherein said method comprises:
- obtaining parameters from at least one valve using a NFC-Equipment Interface Unit (NFC-EIU);
- sending said parameters to a handheld device by said NFC-EIU;
- analyzing said parameters by said handheld device;
- and
- controlling said at least one valve based on said analysis by said NFC-EIU from said handheld device.
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