# US 9,719,887 B2 · Field device commissioning system and field device commissioning method

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- Number: US 9,719,887 B2
- Document ID: US9719887B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/180,593
- Filed: 2014-02-14
- Published: 2015-08-20
- Granted: 2017-08-01
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-14
- Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Inventors: Jasper Bryan Sale Ratilla; Hideyuki Sakamoto; Maria Norina Epa Jandusay; Charisma Tan Delos Reyes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9719887B2

## CPC

- G01M 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- G05B 19/0426: {Programming the control sequence}
- G05B 2219/25068: Check correct configuration of device
- G05B 2219/25428: Field device
- G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)

## Abstract

A field device commissioning system includes a commissioning tool, which is configured to communicate with a field device and a repository. The commissioning tool is configured to retrieve at least one property from a field device. The commissioning tool is configured to determine, from a registration file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is in the registration file. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be in the registration file, perform a first test. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not in the registration file, determine, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is for a predetermined field device. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be for the predetermined device, perform a second test different from the first test. When the retrieved property is determined to be not for the predetermined device, perform a third test different from the first and second tests.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A field device commissioning system, comprising a commissioning tool configured to communicate with a field device in an industrial facility or plant and a repository,
wherein the commissioning tool comprises hardware and software components and is configured to improve the operation of the field device commissioning system and to:
retrieve at least one property from a field device;
compare the retrieved at least one property with properties in a field device information file in the repository;
determine if the retrieved at least one property is identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, perform a first test which is a display test for the field devices;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, determine, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is for a predetermined field device;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be for the predetermined field device, perform a second test which is a communication test on the predetermined field device, different from the first test; and
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not for the predetermined device, perform a third test which is a field device state-determination test, different from the first and second tests, of determining a status of the field device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein for performing the first test, the commissioning tool is configured to:
identify, from the registration file, a device communication command for the field device based on the retrieved at least one property;
execute the identified device communication command to the field device;
receive, from the field device, a response to the executed device communication command; and
generate an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein for performing the first test, the commissioning tool is configured to:
identify, from the registration file, a parameter index and a parameter index value for the field device based on the retrieved at least one property;
execute, to the field device, a write command to write the identified parameter index value to the identified parameter index of the field device;
detect, from the field device, a response to the executed write command;
determine, based on the detected response, the result of the executed write command; and
generate, based on the determined result, an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein for performing the second test, the commissioning tool is configured to:
execute a predetermined device communication command to the field device, when the field device receives this device communication command, the field device generates one of a visual, audible or mechanical response;
receive, from the field device, a response to the executed device communication command; and
generate an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein for performing the third test of determining the status of the field device, the commissioning tool is configured to:
generate a first instruction to be supplied to a user interface to disconnect the field device from the field device commissioning system;
receive a first response from the field device based on the first instruction;
generate a second instruction to be supplied to a user interface to connect the field device to the field device commissioning system based on the first response;
receive a second response from the field device based on the second instruction;
determine a status of the field device based on the first response or the second response; and
generate an output of the determined status to be supplied to the user interface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein the retrieved at least one property comprises at least one of: Device Tag, Device ID, Device Model, Manufacturer ID and Device Revision.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, further comprising: a field device configured to communicate with the commissioning tool.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system in claim 1, wherein the commissioning tool is configured to further to provide an option to be supplied to a user interface to acknowledge the test result.

### Claim 9

A field device commissioning method performed in a field device commissioning system comprising a commissioning tool, the commissioning tool comprising hardware and software components and being configured to improve the operation of the field device commissioning system and to with a field device in an industrial facility or plant and a repository, the method comprising:
retrieving at least one property from the field device;
comparing the retrieved at least one property with properties in a field device information file in the repository;
determining if the retrieved at least one property is identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, performing a first test which is a display test for the field devices;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, determining, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is for a predetermined field device;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be for the predetermined field device, performing a second test which is a communication test on the predetermined field device, different from the first test; and
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not for the predetermined device, performing a third test which is a field device state-determination test, different from the first and second tests, of determining a status of the field device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method in claim 9, wherein, for performing the first test, the method further comprises:
identifying, from the registration file, a device communication command for the field device based on the retrieved at least one property;
executing the identified device communication command to the field device;
receiving, from the field device, a response to the executed device communication command; and
generating an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method in claim 9, wherein, for performing the first test, the method further comprises:
identifying, from the registration file, a parameter index and a parameter index value for the field device based on the retrieved at least one property;
executing, to the field device, a write command to write the identified parameter index value to the identified parameter index of the field device;
detecting, from the field device, a response to the executed write command;
determining, based on the detected response, the result of the executed write command; and
generating, based on the determined result, an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The method in claim 9, wherein, for performing the second test, the method further comprises:
executing a predetermined device communication command to the field device, when the field device receives this device communication command, the field device generates one of a visual, audible or mechanical response;
receiving, from the field device, a response to the executed device communication command; and
generating an output of the received response to be supplied to a user interface.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The method in claim 9, wherein for performing the third test of determining the status of the field device, the method further comprises:
generating a first instruction to be supplied to a user interface to disconnect the field device from the field device commissioning system;
receiving a first response from the field device based on the first instruction;
generating a second instruction to be supplied to the user interface to connect the field device to the field device commissioning system based on the first response;
receiving a second response from the field device based on the second instruction;
determining a status of the field device based on the first response or the second response; and
generating an output of the determined status to be supplied to the user interface.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The method in claim 9, further comprising:
determining, from the field device information file, if the properties are to be updated, and
when the properties are determined to be updated,
retrieving the properties determined to be updated, and
updating the properties to the field device information file.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a computer program to be executed by a field device commissioning system to perform a field device commissioning method, the field device commissioning system comprising a commissioning tool, the commissioning tool comprising hardware and software components and being configured to improve the operation of the field device commissioning system and to communicate with a field device in an industrial facility or plant and a repository, the field device commissioning method comprising:
retrieving at least one property from the field device;
comparing the retrieved at least one property with properties in a field device information file in the repository;
determining if the retrieved at least one property is identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, performing a first test which is a display test for the field devices;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not identical to at least one of the properties in the field device information file in the repository, determining, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is for a predetermined field device;
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be for the predetermined field device, performing a second test which is a communication test on the predetermined field device, different from the first test; and
when the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not for the predetermined device, performing a third test which is a field device state-determination test, different from the first and second tests, of determining a status of the field device.