Systems and methods to overlay behaviors on foundation fieldbus alerts
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
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Abstract
An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a field device configured to provide an alert, wherein the field device is configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert, wherein the first plurality of behaviors adhere to a first industrial communications protocol alert behavior;
- and
- a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, wherein the second plurality of behaviors are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors, and wherein at least one of the second plurality of behaviors comprises an alert Lock behavior.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a controller of an industrial control system, a user behavior for an alert of a field device;
- determining, by a processor of the controller, if the user behavior comprises one of a first plurality of behaviors or one of a second plurality of behaviors;
- and
- processing, by a processor of the controller, the user behavior based on the determination, wherein the first plurality of behaviors adhere to a first industrial communications protocol alert behavior and the second plurality of behaviors are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, and wherein at least one of the second plurality of behaviors comprises an alert Lock behavior.
A non-transitory tangible machine-readable media having executable code stored thereon, the executable code comprising instructions for:
- receiving, at a controller of an industrial control system, a user behavior for an alert of a field device;
- determining, by a processor of the controller, if the user behavior comprises one of a first plurality of behaviors or one of a second plurality of behaviors;
- and
- processing, by a processor of the controller, the user behavior based on the determination, wherein the first plurality of behaviors adhere to a first industrial communications protocol alert behavior and the second plurality of behaviors are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, and wherein at least one of the second plurality of behaviors comprises an alert Lock behavior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.