SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONFIGURE ALERTS FOR FIELDBUS FOUNDATION DEVICES

• US 20120306648A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Karaffa, John Michael, Downor, Johnny Stephen, Smith, Steven William
• Application Number:
  US13/149,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306648A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31135 Fieldbus

Abstract

In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device comprising a first plurality of parameters. The process control system also includes a user interface configured to provide for selection of the field device and selection of an alert representation of the field device to enable an alert of the field device. The process control system also includes a controller configured to set the first plurality of parameters of the field device to a respective first plurality of values to enable the alert based on the selection of the alert representation in the user interface.

Claims

1. An industrial process control system, comprising:

a field device comprising a first plurality of parameters;

a user interface configured to provide for selection of the field device and selection of an alert representation of the field device to enable an alert of the field device; and

a controller configured to set the first plurality of parameters of the field device to a respective first plurality of values to enable the alert based on the selection of the alert representation in the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the field device comprises a Fieldbus Foundation device, a HART field device, a Profibus field device, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to receive the selection of the field device and the selection of the alert representation and to provide instructions to the controller to set the first plurality of parameters in the field device to the respective first plurality of values based on the selection of the alert representation in the user interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to provide for selection of a second plurality of parameters of the field device, wherein the second plurality of parameters comprises a set-point parameter, a reporting mode parameter, a multi-bit alarm parameter, a limit notify parameter, and a priority parameter.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the user interface is configured to determine default values for the first plurality of values based on the second plurality of parameters selected in the user interface.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the field device comprises a plurality of blocks, wherein the plurality of blocks comprise a resource block, a mass flow block, a transducer block, an analog input block, or a function block, wherein the selection of the field device comprises selection of one of the plurality of blocks of the field device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to set the first plurality of parameters of the selected one of the plurality of blocks of the field device to the respective first plurality of values to enable the alert.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a user interface of a computer, a selection of a field device and a selection of an alert representation to enable or disable an alert of the field device;

determining a first plurality of parameters of the field device to be set to enable or disable the alert; and

instructing a controller to assign to the field device a first plurality of values to the first plurality of parameters to enable or disable the alert.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the field device comprises a Fieldbus Foundation device, a HART field device, a Profibus field device, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the field device comprises a plurality of blocks, wherein the plurality of blocks comprise a resource block, a mass flow block, a transducer block, an analog input block, or a function block, wherein the selection of the field device comprises selection of one of the plurality of blocks of the field device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first plurality of parameters of the field device comprises parameters of the selected one of the plurality of blocks of the field device.

12. The method of claim 8, comprising receiving from the user interface a second plurality of values for a second plurality of parameters of the field device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second plurality of parameters comprises a threshold parameter and the second plurality of values comprises a threshold value.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising determining default values for the first plurality of parameters based on the second plurality of parameters.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, from a user interface of a computer, a selection of a field device and instructions to enable or disable a plurality of alerts for the field device;

determining a first plurality of parameters of the field device to be set to enable or disable the plurality of alerts; and

instructing a controller to assign to the field device a first plurality of values to the first plurality of parameters to enable or disable the plurality of alerts.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the field device comprises a Fieldbus Foundation device, a HART field device, a Profibus field device, or a combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 15, comprising providing a confirmation message from the field device to the user interface of a computer.

18. The method of claim 15, comprising receiving from the user interface a second plurality of values for a second plurality of parameters of the field device.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising determining default values for the first plurality of parameters based on the second plurality of parameters.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the second plurality of parameters comprises a threshold parameter and the second plurality of values comprises a threshold value.