Wireless control of a field device in an industrial process
AssigneeMetso Automation Oy
InventorsJouni Pyotsia, Markku Simula, Harri Cederlof
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Abstract
A mobile terminal is arranged to communicate over a cellular communication system with a control system connected to a plurality of field devices in an industrial process, in order to remote control, configure or monitor the field devices. The mobile terminal accesses through a dedicated data connection established over the cellular communication system an interactive user interface associated with the control system and arranged to utilize the configuration, control and management data of the control system. In the preferred embodiment, the interactive user interface is provided by a World Wide Web server.
Claims13
A control system for controlling, configuring or monitoring field devices in an industrial process, said control system being connected to a plurality of field devices and comprising:
- at least one mobile terminal arranged to communicate with the control system over a cellular communication system in order to selectively remotely control, configure or monitor the field devices;
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- an interactive user interface associated with the control system, said user interface utilizing configuration, control and management data maintained in at least one database of the control system and being accessible by the mobile terminal through a dedicated data connection established over the cellular communication system, in order to selectively control, configure or monitor the field devices connected to the control system,
- said interactive user interface being configured to modify content of the interactive user interface in response to requests or selections made by the mobile terminal and based on the configuration, control and management data retrieved from said at least one database of the control system, and to create control or configuration commands to the control system in response to selections or inputs made by the mobile terminal user in the interactive user interface.
A control system for controlling, configuring or monitoring field devices in an industrial process, said control system being connected to a plurality of field devices and comprising:
- at least one mobile terminal arranged to communicate with the control system over a cellular communication system in order to selectively remotely control, configure or monitor the field devices;
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- an interactive user interface associated with the control system, said user interface utilizing configuration, control and management data maintained in at least one database of the control system and being accessible by the mobile terminal through a dedicated data connection established over the cellular communication system, in order to selectively control, configure or monitor the field devices connected to the control system, wherein the identity of the field device is a tag number of the field device.
A control system for controlling, configuring or monitoring field devices in an industrial process, said control system being connected to a plurality of field devices and comprising:
- at least one mobile terminal arranged to communicate with the control system over a cellular communication system in order to selectively remotely control, configure or monitor the field devices;
- a World Wide Web (WWW) server associated with the control system,
- said WWW server utilizing configuration, control and management data maintained in at least one database of the control system for providing at least one interactive WWW page which is accessible through a TCP/IP network and a data connection between the mobile terminal and an access server connected to the TCP/IP network;
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- a browser in the mobile terminal for interacting with the interactive WWW page through said data connection, access server and the TCP/IP network, in order to selectively control, configure or monitor the field devices connected to the control system, wherein
- the WWW server comprises a search function which, in response to an identity of a field device sent from the mobile terminal, searches the WWW page of the respective field device.
A control system for controlling, configuring or monitoring field devices in an industrial process, said control system being connected to a plurality of field devices and comprising:
- at least one mobile terminal arranged to communicate with the control system over a cellular communication system in order to selectively remotely control, configure or monitor the field devices;
- a World Wide Web (WWW) server associated with the control system,
- said WWW server utilizing configuration, control and management data maintained in at least one database of the control system for providing at least one interactive WWW page which is accessible through a TCP/IP network and a data connection between the mobile terminal and an access server connected to the TCP/IP network;
- a browser in the mobile terminal for interacting with the at least one interactive WWW page through said data connection, access server and the TCP/IP network, in order to selectively control, configure or monitor the field devices connected to the control system, wherein
- said WWW server is configured to modify content of the at least one interactive WWW page in response to requests or selections made by the mobile terminal and based on the configuration, control and management data in said at least one database of the control system, and to create control or configuration commands to the control system in response to selections or inputs made by the mobile terminal user in the at least one interactive WWW page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.