Apparatus and method for determining operation compatibility between field devices
AssigneeYokogawa Electric Corporation
InventorMyla Valle Rafael
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining operation compatibility between field devices for example, between a first field device and a second field device. The first and second field devices are for use in an industrial process and the second field device may be a candidate for replacing the first field device, the first and second field devices being configured to communicate using the same communications protocol.
Claims25
Apparatus for determining operation compatibility of a first field device and a second field device, the second field device being a candidate for replacing the first field device in an industrial process, and the first and second field devices configured to communicate using the same communications protocol, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory containing instructions which, when executed under control of the processor, control the apparatus to:
- retrieve data relating to the first field device and data relating to the second field device, the data including at least one of a device tag, a device ID, a device address, a communication type, a vendor, a model, a device revision, and a device class;
- perform a compatibility check based on the data relating to the first and second field devices to determine whether the second field device is compatible as a replacement for the first field device in the industrial process, with at least one of the first field device and the second field device not being in operation;
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- generate, for display on a display, a result of the compatibility check.
Method for determining operation compatibility of a first field device and a second field device, the second field device being a candidate for replacing the first field device in an industrial process, and the first and second field devices configured to communicate using the same communications protocol, the method comprising:
- retrieving, using a processor, data relating to the first field device and data relating to the second field device, the data including at least one of a device tag, a device ID, a device address, a communication type, a vendor, a model, a device revision, and a device class;
- performing, using the processor, a compatibility check based on the data relating to the first and second devices to determine whether the second field device is compatible as a replacement for the first field device in the industrial process, with at least one of the first field device and the second field device not being in operation;
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- generating, using the processor, for display on a display, a result of the compatibility check.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.