Maintenance of wireless field devices
AssigneeFisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
InventorsTodd Mitchell Toepke, Joseph Citrano, III, Alan Roger Dewey, Alden Chester Russell, III, Eric D. Rotvold
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Abstract
A method of commissioning a wireless field device is provided. The method includes communicatively coupling a handheld field maintenance tool to the wireless field device to obtain a wireless field device identifier. A wireless network is selected. Wireless communication is generated between the handheld field maintenance tool and a wireless gateway to automatically obtain a join key for the wireless field device identifier. The join key is written to the wireless field device with the handheld field maintenance tool.
Claims13
A method of commissioning a wireless field device, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a handheld field maintenance tool to the wireless field device to obtain a wireless field device identifier;
- selecting a wireless network;
- generating wireless communication between the handheld field maintenance tool and a wireless gateway, such that the handheld field maintenance tool directly communicates with the wireless gateway to automatically obtain a join key for the wireless field device identifier;
- and
- writing the join key obtained directly from the wireless gateway to the wireless field device with the handheld field maintenance tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.