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1. A system for monitoring performance of an industrial process comprising:
- a block manager operable to configure a block processor and application objects; and
a service portal configured to communicate with the block manager, and to collect, transmit, and analyze parameter data from a process field device, the service portal comprising;
a network connection configured to connect the service portal to the process field device and a process control device of the industrial process, the process control device being associated with the process field device;
a remote collector configured to collect the application objects from the process field device and the block processor of the process control device using control blocks, the application objects including real-time and archived parameter data from the process field device;
a processor configured to perform a real-time loop analysis of the industrial process using the collected application objects;
a historian database configured to store the collected application objects;
a communications module configured to transmit the stored application objects to a remote monitoring station; and
a block configurator configured to;
save block types to a block database,generate an application object file from the saved block types,control the block manager to transfer the application object file to the block processor, andcontrol the block processor to create the application objects from the application object files.
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Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
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1. A system for monitoring performance of an industrial process comprising:
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a block manager operable to configure a block processor and application objects; and a service portal configured to communicate with the block manager, and to collect, transmit, and analyze parameter data from a process field device, the service portal comprising; a network connection configured to connect the service portal to the process field device and a process control device of the industrial process, the process control device being associated with the process field device; a remote collector configured to collect the application objects from the process field device and the block processor of the process control device using control blocks, the application objects including real-time and archived parameter data from the process field device; a processor configured to perform a real-time loop analysis of the industrial process using the collected application objects; a historian database configured to store the collected application objects; a communications module configured to transmit the stored application objects to a remote monitoring station; and a block configurator configured to; save block types to a block database, generate an application object file from the saved block types, control the block manager to transfer the application object file to the block processor, and control the block processor to create the application objects from the application object files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring performance of an industrial process comprising:
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block manager operable to configure a block processor and application objects; and at least one process control device for monitoring and controlling process field devices, the at least one process control device further comprising the block processor, the application objects and data probes associated with the application objects; a process field operatively communicated with the at least one process control device; and a service portal configured to communicate with the block manager, and to collect, transmit, and analyze parameter data from the process field device, the service portal comprising; a network connection configured to connect the service portal to the process field device and the at least one process control device of the industrial process; a remote collector configured to collect application objects from the process field device and the block processor using control blocks, the application objects including real-time and archived parameter data from the process field device; a processor configured to perform a real-time loop analysis of the industrial process using the collected application objects; a historian database configured to store the collected application objects; a communications module configured to transmit the stored application objects to a remote monitoring station; and a block configurator configured to; save block types to a block database, generate an application object file from the saved block types, control the block manager to transfer of the application object file to the block processor, and control the block processor to create the application objects from the application object files. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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