Dynamically establishing communication between mobile equipment and a process controller

A method of dynamically establishing a communication connection for mobile equipment (ME) to a process controller of an industrial processing facility (IPF) having processing equipment configured to run an industrial process, comprising:

• providing said process controller comprising a computing device including a processor with at least one accessible memory storing a plurality of different ME classes including a first ME class that said ME is in, wherein said computing device is configured to implement dynamic establishment of a communication connection for said ME to said process controller, said dynamic establishment including:
• reading a representation of a first industrial protocol for said ME while docked at said process controller;
• translating said representation to a first industrial protocol address, and
• setting said first industrial protocol address as a first configuration instance in its industrial protocol infrastructure blocks in said memory to render said ME an attached ME, and
• after undocking said ME, said process controller communicating with said attached ME while controlling said industrial process.