Apparatus and method for autodetection of hart devices over profibus
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsSethupathy Viswanathan, Kranthi Kumar Paluvadi, Ananda Huchappa Shastry
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Abstract
A master device is configured to perform a method that includes receiving highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device connected to PROFIBUS RIO Slave. The method also includes identifying a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data that is collected automatically based on the PROFIBUS slave Profile index before even configuring the HART device in the system. The method further includes performing one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device to collect the data automatically.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- before a completion of a software configuration of one or more highway addressable remote transducer (HART) devices, scanning the one or more HART devices connected to a PROFIBUS remote IO slave device and collecting HART device data about a HART slave device to choose a device description (DD) file configuration from a controller;
- identifying a DD file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data;
- and
- performing one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device.
A master device comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to:
- collect highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device via a PROFIBUS slave;
- identify a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data;
- and
- perform one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device via a PROFIBUS slave;
- identify a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device identification;
- and
- perform one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.