Systems and methods to provide customized release notes during a software system upgrade of a process control system

An upgrade and software update technology, applied in software maintenance/management, program files, electrical program control, etc., to solve problems such as wasting precious time

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-06-16
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYST INC
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Owners of process control systems often use undocumented, locally created me

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[0016] While the example systems described below include, among other components, software and / or firmware executing on hardware, it should be noted that such systems are merely illustrative and should not be taken as limiting the scope of this patent. range. For example, it is contemplated that any or all of these hardware, software, and firmware elements may be implemented in hardware alone, in software alone, or in any combination of hardware and software. Thus, while the following description refers to example systems, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the examples provided by this patent are not the only ways to implement such systems.

[0017] A process control system can be prepared for continuous operation of its process twenty-four hours a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Performing upgrades and / or updates of process control system software for workstations and control equipment in the control system is a complex procedure t...

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An example customized documentation generation apparatus is disclosed that generates documents relevant to a software update/ upgrade of a particular process control system. A notes instrumentation module instruments general release notes for at least one of an update or an upgrade of a process control system to correlate the release notes with a general process control system configuration to produce instrumented notes. An upgrade assessment module determines configuration information for a particular process control system to provide default filter settings. An items of interest filter applies the default filter settings for the particular process control system to the instrumented notes to filter the instrumented notes and produce custom release notes for the particular process control system. The custom release notes are provided to a user to alert the user regarding potential effects of the update/upgrade on the particular process control system.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to process control systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for updating and managing software in process control systems. Background technique [0002] Process control systems—such as those used in chemical, petroleum, or other processes—generally include one or more centralized process controllers connected via an analog bus, a digital bus, or a hybrid analog / digital bus, Communicatively coupled with at least one host or worker workstation, and communicatively coupled with one or more field devices. The field devices may be device controllers, valves, valve positioners, switches, transmitters (temperature sensors, pressure sensors, and flow rate sensors), etc., which perform functions in the process control system, such as opening or closing valves and measuring Or infer process parameters. The centralized process controller receives signals from process measurements made by the field devices an...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445G05B19/418
CPCG06F8/73G06F40/166G06F40/40
Inventor 布兰顿·希布戴维·R·丹尼森拉姆·拉马卡德兰哈伯德·费洛斯
Owner FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYST INC
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