Method and supporting configuration user interfaces for streamlining installing replacement field devices

A field device and graphical user interface technology, applied in the direction of comprehensive factory control, general control system, program control, etc., to reduce the possibility of human error and simplify equipment replacement

Active Publication Date: 2009-06-17
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYST USA INC
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This application does not exclude potential configuration errors associated with specifying the values ​​of configurable parameters

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[0022] In the overview of exemplary embodiments of the invention described herein, replacing a previously installed / configured field device instance with a field device instance of the same type is accomplished with a field device maintenance application comprising a set of components. For example, the set of components includes a user interface that supports invoking alternate operations for a device; a user interface that supports user configuration of alternate steps specific to a device type; a device description (DD) interpreter that facilitates presenting details related to a particular device configuration; an automatic field device replacement function that executes a device replacement script for a specific device type; a communication interface that supports the transfer of configuration values ​​to a designated replacement field device; a replacement progress monitor that verifies the successful completion of each step of the replacement process; and displays a replac...

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A method and user interfaces are described herein installing a field device as a replacement for a previously installed field device of a same type in a process control system. The disclosed method includes initially specifying a device type commissioning definition that includes a set of device-type specific parameters. A first set of instance-specific configuration parameter values are then stored for a first field device. When replacing the first field device by a second field device of the same type on a process control network, the commissioning definition and the previously stored parameters for the first device are used to automatically configure the second device.

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[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO TWO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] This application relates to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11 / 403228 filed April 11, 2006 by Bump et al., titled "UTILITY FOR COMPARING DEPLOYED AND ARCHIVED PARAMETER VALUE SETSWITHIN A FIELD DEVICE EDITOR", the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, Include any references therein. [0003] This application is related to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11 / 403226, "TOOL FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE DEFINITIONS FOR A GENERI CUTILITY SUPPORTING ON-DEMAND CREATION OF FIELD DEVICEEDITOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES," filed April 11, 2006 by Bump et al., the contents of which are at This entirety is incorporated by reference including any references therein. technical field [0004] The present invention relates to networked computerized industrial process control systems, and more particularly to the maintenance / replacement of intelligent field devices (eg, transmitters, p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F11/30G05B23/02
CPCG05B2219/31334G05B2219/32137G05B2219/31132G05B19/41845G05B2219/31121G05B2219/32144Y02P90/02
Inventor S·S·巴姆普小奈斯托·J·开米诺V·考斯塔蒂诺夫C·W·派珀R·L·林斯考特J·I·泰格奈尔
Owner SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYST USA INC
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