Device and method to establish temporal correspondence in multiple sensor configurations

A sensor concentrating system for associating parameter value data from multiple series of parameter value data and for routing selected parameter data to a selected process control device downstream of the sensor concentrating system, the process control device acting in response to the routed data, said system comprising:

• at least two parameter sensing devices, each parameter sensing device making a series of discrete parameter value measurements and generating a corresponding series of parameter value data;
• means for receiving the series of parameter value data from the sensing devices representing the series of discrete parameter value measurements;
• means for reading the series of parameter value data from the sensing devices;
• discrimination means to separate parameter value data representing a parameter value measurement at one time or in one position or both from other parameter value data;
• sampling means to read a selected set of parameter value data from each series of discrete parameter value data according to specified criteria;
• processing means for associating selected sets of parameter value data from the parameter sensing devices and for generating a data tag representing at least one selected characteristic of the associated data;
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• routing means for directing selected data to the downstream process control device.