METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT DEVICE DESCRIPTION FILES TO A HOST
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1. A method to transmit device description files to a host, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a field device to the host to provision the field device within a process control system;
receiving an indication that the host does not include a version of a device description file that corresponds to a version of the field device;
accessing the device description file from a memory of the field device; and
transmitting the device description file from the field device to the host.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to transmit device description files to a host are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes communicatively coupling a field device to the host to provision the field device within a process control system, receiving an indication that the host does not include a version of a device description file that corresponds to a version of the field device, accessing the device description file from a memory of the field device, and transmitting the device description file from the field device to the host.
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1. A method to transmit device description files to a host, the method comprising:
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communicatively coupling a field device to the host to provision the field device within a process control system; receiving an indication that the host does not include a version of a device description file that corresponds to a version of the field device; accessing the device description file from a memory of the field device; and transmitting the device description file from the field device to the host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus to transmit device description files to a host, the apparatus comprising:
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a device type identifier to identify a host communicatively coupled to a field device within a process control system; a file processor to receive an indication that the host does not have a device description file that corresponds to a version of the field device; a file retriever to access the device description file from a memory of the field device; and a transmitter to transmit the device description file from the field device to the host. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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provision a field device within a process control system; identify a host communicatively coupled to the field device; receive an indication that the host does not include a device description file that corresponds to a version of the field device; access the device description file from a memory of the field device; and transmit the device description file from the field device to the host. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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