ADAPTER DEVICE FOR COUPLING AN INDUSTRIAL FIELD INSTRUMENT TO AN INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS NETWORK AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A method comprising:
- coupling an adapter device to a field instrument in an industrial control system to provide a wireless communication capability to the field instrument;
converting, by the adapter device, information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to a wireless network; and
transmitting the information to at least one other device over the wireless network.
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Abstract
A method includes coupling an adapter device to a field instrument in an industrial control system to provide a wireless communication capability to the field instrument. The method also includes converting, by the adapter device, information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to a wireless network. The method further includes transmitting the information to at least one other device over the wireless network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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coupling an adapter device to a field instrument in an industrial control system to provide a wireless communication capability to the field instrument; converting, by the adapter device, information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to a wireless network; and transmitting the information to at least one other device over the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a first interface configured to communicate with a field instrument in an industrial control system; a second interface configured to communicate with at least one device over a wireless network; and a controller configured convert information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to the wireless network and to transmit, via the second interface, the information to the at least one other device over the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a field instrument in an industrial control system; and an adapter device coupled to the field instrument, the adapter device configured to provide a wireless communication capability to the field instrument, the adapter device comprising; a first interface configured to communicate with the field instrument; a second interface configured to communicate with at least one device over a wireless network; and a controller configured convert information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to the wireless network and to transmit, via the second interface, the information to the at least one other device over the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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