Industrial equipment installation
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring operating conditions of an industrial installation system including a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
- providing each of the plurality of devices with a transceiver;
wirelessly coupling the plurality of devices to a wireless gateway using the transceivers of each of the plurality of devices, wherein the wireless gateway provides communication for each of the plurality of devices to a server via a network;
monitoring one of the plurality of devices with a sensor configured to determine an operating state of the monitored device;
transmitting the operating state of each of the plurality of devices to the server via the gateway;
identifying the monitored device as a defective device needing replacement;
electronically determining identity information of the defective device;
electronically determining identity information of a replacement device by reading the identity information from an electronically identifiable tag associated with the replacement device using a reader of a mobile device;
storing the determined identity information of the replacement device in a memory;
determining location information of the defective device; and
associating the location information of the defective device with the replacement device in a memory.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring operating conditions of an industrial installation system including a plurality of pieces of equipment. Each of the pieces of equipment includes a sensor and an electrically identifiable tag configured to identify the equipment. The sensors of each of the plurality of pieces of equipment provide an operating characteristic of the piece of equipment that is provided to an industrial equipment management system. The system is also configured to store the content of the electrically identifiable tag and to store a location identifier of each of plurality of pieces of equipment. Replacement of the identified defective equipment is made with replacement equipment having an identifier that uniquely identifies the replacement device and the location of the replacement device in the industrial installation system.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring operating conditions of an industrial installation system including a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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providing each of the plurality of devices with a transceiver; wirelessly coupling the plurality of devices to a wireless gateway using the transceivers of each of the plurality of devices, wherein the wireless gateway provides communication for each of the plurality of devices to a server via a network; monitoring one of the plurality of devices with a sensor configured to determine an operating state of the monitored device; transmitting the operating state of each of the plurality of devices to the server via the gateway; identifying the monitored device as a defective device needing replacement; electronically determining identity information of the defective device; electronically determining identity information of a replacement device by reading the identity information from an electronically identifiable tag associated with the replacement device using a reader of a mobile device; storing the determined identity information of the replacement device in a memory; determining location information of the defective device; and associating the location information of the defective device with the replacement device in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An industrial equipment system comprising:
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a plurality of devices, wherein each device includes an electrically identifiable tag having information to uniquely identify the device with which the tag is associated; and
a transceiver;a wireless gateway wirelessly coupled to each of the plurality of devices using the transceivers of each of the plurality of devices, wherein the wireless gateway provides communication for each of the plurality of devices; a microprocessor-based industrial equipment management system in operative communication with the plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices being located remotely from the industrial equipment management system, wherein the microprocessor-based industrial equipment management system includes a controller and a memory configured to store program instructions, the controller configured to execute the stored program instructions to; monitor an operating state of each of the plurality of device; electronically determine identity information of a defective device of one of the plurality of devices; electronically determine identity information of a replacement device adapted to replace the defective one of the plurality of devices; store the identity information of the replacement device in the memory; determine location information of the defective device; and associate the determined location information of the defective device with the replacement device in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An industrial equipment system, comprising:
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a plurality of devices wherein each device includes an electrically identifiable tag having information to uniquely identify each of the plurality of devices, a sensor adapted to provide an operating state of the device, and a transceiver; a wireless gateway wirelessly coupled to the plurality of devices using the transceivers of each of the plurality of devices, wherein the wireless gateway provides communication for each of the plurality of devices; a mobile device having a reader adapted to determine the content of the electrically identifiable tag and a transmitter adapted to transmit the determined content of the electrically identifiable tag; and a microprocessor-based industrial equipment management system in operative communication with the sensors of each of the plurality of devices via the wireless gateway and with the transmitter, each of the plurality of devices being located remotely from the industrial equipment management system, wherein the microprocessor-based industrial equipment management system includes a controller and a memory operatively connected to the controller and configured to store the content of the electrically identifiable tag and to store a location identifier of each of plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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