Off-line diagnosis system
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Abstract
The present invention provides an off-line diagnosis system whereby the measurement resolution (number of measurement points) can be increased in order to obtain detailed input-output characteristics, and step response characteristics can be obtained at a sufficient frequency and more efficiently, without expanding the physically limited memory capacity of a field instrument or host application. The off-line diagnosis system comprises a field instrument that performs process control and has a self-diagnosis function or a valve diagnosis function and a host application that performs digital communication with the field instrument, wherein the self-diagnosis of the field instrument is executed or the diagnosis of a valve is executed during an off-line interval and diagnosis results are transmitted to the host application, and wherein the signal input range of the field instrument or the valve is divided into a plurality of zones with respect to the time axis or input axis, and the diagnosis results of each zone are successively transmitted to the host application.
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26. A process-control diagnosis system, the system comprising:
a field instrument for use in a process-control system, the field instrument comprising memory of a predetermined capacity and a data transmitter, the field instrument operable to;
perform a diagnosis function for at least two zones of a signal input range that is divided into a plurality of zones, store diagnosis results for a first zone in a memory location, transmit the diagnosis results for the first zone, and store diagnosis results for a second zone in the memory location, wherein the combined size of the diagnosis results for the first zone and of the diagnosis results for the second zone is larger than the diagnosis-results capacity of the memory location. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for process-control diagnosis, the method comprising:
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performing a diagnosis function for at least two zones of a signal input range that is divided into a plurality of zones with a field instrument;
storing diagnosis results for a first zone in a memory location of the field instrument;
transmitting the diagnosis results for the first zone from the field instrument;
storing diagnosis results for a second zone in the memory location, wherein the combined size of the diagnosis results for the first zone and of the diagnosis results for the second zone is larger than the diagnosis-results capacity of the memory location. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. A process-control diagnosis system, the system comprising:
a field instrument for use in a process-control system, the field instrument operable to;
perform a diagnosis function for at least two zones of a signal input range that is divided into a plurality of zones, and successively transmit diagnosis results for the first zone and diagnosis results for the second zone. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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