Systems and methods for facilitating communication with a fieldbus device
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWilliam Robert Pettigrew, Justin Brandon Chong
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating communication with a Fieldbus device are described. A first command formatted in accordance with a protocol other than a Fieldbus protocol may be received by a controller from an external computer, such as a human machine interface computer. The controller may determine that the received command is associated with the Fieldbus device. Based upon the determination and information included in the received first command, the controller may generate a second command formatted in accordance with the Fieldbus protocol. The second command may be output by the controller for communication to the Fieldbus device.
Claims20
A method for facilitating communication with a Fieldbus device, the method comprising:
- receiving, from an external computer by a controller comprising one or more computers, a first command generated by the external computer and formatted in accordance with an Ethernet Global Data (EGD) protocol;
- determining, by the controller, that the received command is associated with the Fieldbus device;
- generating, by the controller based upon the determination and information included in the received first command, a second command formatted in accordance with the Fieldbus protocol;
- and
- outputting, by the controller, the generated second command for communication to the Fieldbus device.
A control system comprising:
- at least one memory operable to store computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- receive, from an external computer, a first command generated by the external computer and formatted in accordance with an Ethernet Global Data (EGD) protocol;
- determine that the received command is associated with a Fieldbus device;
- generate, based upon the determination and information included in the received first command, a second command formatted in accordance with the Fieldbus protocol;
- and
- output the generated second command for communication to the Fieldbus device.
A method for facilitating communications between an external computer and a Fieldbus device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller comprising one or more computers, information associated with the operation of the Fieldbus device;
- communicating, by the controller to the external computer, at least a portion of the received information;
- receiving, from the external computer by the controller, a first command to modify the operation of the Fieldbus device, wherein the first command is generated by the external computer and formatted in accordance with an Ethernet Global Data (EGD) protocol;
- identifying, by the controller and based upon the first command, the Fieldbus device;
- generating, by the controller based upon the information included in the received first command, a second command formatted in accordance with the Fieldbus protocol;
- and
- outputting, by the controller, the generated second command for communication to the Fieldbus device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.