Arrangements, storage mediums and methods for transmitting a non-proprietary language Device Description file associated with a field device using a Web Service

• US 20040210878A1
• Filed: 04/15/2003
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smar Research Corp.
• Original Assignee: Smar Research Corp.
• Inventors: Pagnano, Marco Aurelio de Oliveira
• Granted Patent: US 7,266,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/136
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/51 Source to source

Abstract

An arrangement, storage medium and method are provided to convert a particular proprietary language Device Description file and/or a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file, and to transmit the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file from a first processing system to a second processing system using a particular Web Service. For example, the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file can be a non-binary coded Device Description file, and the non-binary coded Device Description file can be an Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file. Moreover, the second processing system can use Simple Object Access Protocol to request the particular Web Service used in the transmission of the Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

Claims

1. An arrangement, comprising:

a first processing system operable to convert at least one of a particular proprietary language Device Description file and a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file, and to transmit the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file to a second processing system using a particular Web Service.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein at least one of the particular proprietary language Device Description file and the particular Device Description language source code comprises information associated with at least one of a protocol for describing data available from the field device, an interpretation of data received from the field device, and at least one format for communicating with the field device.

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first processing system is further operable to convert at least one of a further proprietary language Device Description file and a further Device Description language source code associated with a further type of a field device into a further non-proprietary language Device Description file, and to transmit the further non-proprietary language Device Description file to the second processing system using a further Web Service, and wherein the further non-proprietary language Device Description file is different from the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file.

4. The arrangement of claim 3, wherein the particular type of the field device is a first sensor, and the further type of the field device is a second sensor.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the particular proprietary language Device Description file is a binary coded Device Description file, and wherein the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file is a non-binary coded Device Description file.

6. The arrangement of claim 5, wherein the particular non-binary coded Device Description file is an Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

7. The arrangement of claim 6, wherein the second processing system is operable to implement a Simple Object Access Protocol to request the particular Web Service used in the transmission of the Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

8. A logic arrangement, which, when executed by a first processing system, configures the first processing system to perform the steps comprising of:

converting at least one of a particular proprietary language Device Description file and a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file to a second processing system using a particular Web Service.

9. The logic arrangement of claim 8, wherein at least one of the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file and the particular Device Description language source code comprises information associated with at least one of a protocol for describing data available from the field device, an interpretation of data received from the field device, and at least one format for communicating with the field device.

10. The logic arrangement of claim 8, wherein, when executed by the first processing system, the logic arrangement further configures the first processing system to perform the steps comprising of:

converting at least one of a further proprietary language Device Description file and a further Device Description language source code associated with a further type of a field device into a further non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the further non-proprietary language Device Description file to the second processing system using a further Web Service, wherein the further non-proprietary language Device Description file is different from the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file.

11. The logic arrangement of claim 10, wherein the particular type of the field device is a first sensor, and the further type of the field device is a second sensor.

12. The logic arrangement of claim 8, wherein the particular proprietary language Device Description file is a binary coded Device Description file, and wherein the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file is a non-binary coded Device Description file.

13. The logic arrangement of claim 12, wherein the particular non-binary coded Device Description file is an Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

14. The logic arrangement of claim 13, wherein the second processing system is operable to implement a Simple Object Access Protocol to request the particular Web Service used in the transmission of the Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

15. A storage medium including executable instructions thereon, wherein, when the executable instructions are executed by a first processing system, the executable instructions configure the first processing system to perform the steps comprising of:

converting at least one of a particular proprietary language Device Description file and a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file to a second processing system using a particular Web Service.

16. A software arrangement, which, when executed by a first processing system, is operable to perform the steps comprising of:

converting at least one of a particular proprietary language Device Description file and a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file to a second processing system using a particular Web Service.

17. A method, comprising the steps of:

converting at least one of a particular proprietary language Device Description file and a particular Device Description language source code associated with a particular type of a field device into a particular non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file to a remote processing system using a particular Web Service.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file and the particular Device Description language source code comprises information associated with at least one of a protocol for describing data available from the field device, an interpretation of data received from the field device, and at least one format for communicating with the field device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

converting at least one of a further proprietary language Device Description file and a further Device Description language source code associated with a further type of a field device into a further non-proprietary language Device Description file; and

transmitting the further non-proprietary language Device Description file to a remote processing system using a further Web Service, wherein the further non-proprietary language Device Description Language file is different from the particular non-proprietary language Device Description Language file.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the particular type of the field device is a first sensor, and the further type of the field device is a second sensor.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the particular proprietary language Device Description file is a binary coded Device Description file, and wherein the particular non-proprietary language Device Description file is a non-binary coded Device Description file.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the particular non-binary coded Device Description file is an Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the remote processing system is operable to implement a Simple Object Access Protocol to request the particular Web Service used in the transmission of the Extensible Mark-up Language Device Description file.