US 2018/0024519 A1 · TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING AND PRESENTING FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS PLANT

Abstract

Techniques for assessing and presenting differences between the current commissioning data of a set of process control devices within a process plant and the respective baseline or defined commissioning parameters of the set of process control devices. According to embodiments, systems and methods may obtain the current commissioning data from the set of process control devices and access baseline parameters corresponding to the commissioning data. The systems and methods may compare the current commissioning data to the baseline parameters to determine a set of differences, and present, via a user interface, the set of differences for review by an administrator. In reviewing the set of differences, the administrator may facilitate different functionalities including rebaselining or reconfiguring process control devices.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of accessing commissioning data associated with a set of devices in a process plant, where at least some of the set of devices are communicatively connected to operate in the process plant during run-time to control a set of processes, the method comprising:

obtaining, at a computing device for each of the set of devices, commissioning status data for the respective device;
accessing a set of defined commissioning parameters respectively associated with the set of devices;
determining, by the computing device for each of the set of devices, a difference between the respective commissioning status data and the respective defined commissioning parameter;
and
causing a user interface to indicate the set of differences between the set of commissioning status data and the set of defined commissioning parameters.

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A system in a process plant for accessing commissioning data associated with the process plant, comprising:

a set of devices communicatively connected to operate in the process plant during run-time to control a set of processes;
a user interface for presenting content;
a memory storing a set of defined commissioning parameters respectively associated with the set of devices;
a communication unit;
and
a processor interfacing with the set of devices, the user interface, the memory, and the communication unit, and configured to:
receive, via the communication unit from each of the set of devices, commissioning status data for the respective device,
access, from the memory, the set of defined commissioning parameters respectively associated with the set of devices,
determine, for each of the set of devices, a difference between the respective commissioning status data and the respective defined commissioning parameter, and
cause the user interface to indicate the set of differences between the set of commissioning status data and the set of defined commissioning parameters.

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An electronic device for managing commissioning data associated with a process plant, comprising:

a user interface for presenting content;
a transceiver interfacing with a computing device communicatively connected to a set of devices communicatively connected to operate in the process plant during run-time to control a set of processes;
a memory storing a set of computer-executable instructions;
and
a processor interfacing with the user interface, the transceiver, and the memory, and configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
receive, via the user interface, a selection of at least one of the set of devices,
retrieve, via the transceiver from the one of the set of devices, commissioning status data for the at least one of the set of devices, the commissioning status data indicating a current configuration of the at least one of the set of devices,
access a defined commissioning parameter associated with the at least one of the set of devices,
determine a difference between the commissioning status data and the defined commissioning parameter, and
cause the user interface to indicate the difference between the commissioning status data and the defined commissioning parameter.

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A computer-implemented method in an electronic device of presenting commissioning data associated with a set of devices in a process plant, where at least some of the set of devices are communicatively connected to operate in the process plant during run-time to control a set of processes, the method comprising:

receiving, from a controller for each of the set of devices, commissioning status data for the respective device;
accessing a set of defined commissioning parameters respectively associated with the set of devices;
determining, by a processor for each of the set of devices, a difference between the respective commissioning status data and the respective defined commissioning parameter;
presenting, in a user interface, a set of sections indicating at least some of the set of differences between the set of commissioning status data and the set of defined commissioning parameters;
receiving, via the user interface, a selection of a section of the set of sections;
and
presenting, in the user interface, information associated with a portion of the set of differences and corresponding to the section of the set of sections.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Technology for assessing and presenting field device commissioning information associated with a process plant

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Technology for assessing and presenting field device commissioning information associated with a process plant

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