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US 8,952,804 B2Granted
Systems and methods to overlay additional information onto foundation fieldbus alerts
AssigneeGeneral Electrict 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 provide an alert having a first parameter and a controller configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of parameters on the alert, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the alert having the first parameter and the second plurality of parameters.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a field device configured to provide an alert having a first parameter, wherein the first parameter adheres to a first industrial communications protocol alert parameter supported by the field device;
- and
- a controller of an industrial control system configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of parameters on the alert wherein the second plurality of parameters are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the alert having the first parameter and the second plurality of parameters, and wherein the controller is configured to transmit signals suitable for controlling a device included in the industrial control system.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an alert from a field device at a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the alert comprises a first parameter, wherein the first parameter adheres to a first industrial communications protocol alert parameter supported by the field device;
- overlaying, via a processor of the controller, a second parameter on the alert wherein the second plurality of parameters are not included in the first industrial communications protocol, and wherein the controller is configured to transmit signals suitable for controlling a device included in the industrial control system;
- and
- transmitting the alert having the first parameter and the of second parameter to a computer of an industrial control system.
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A non-transitory tangible machine-readable media comprising executable code stored thereon, wherein the executable code comprises instructions for:
- receiving an alert from a field device at a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the alert comprises a first parameter, wherein the first parameter adheres to a first industrial communications protocol alert parameter supported by the field device;
- overlaying, via a processor of the controller, a second parameter on the alert wherein the second parameter is not included in the first industrial communications protocol;
- and
- transmitting the alert to a computer of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to transmit signals suitable for controlling a device included in the industrial control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.