Method of diagnosing an operations systems
First Claim
1. A method of diagnosing a distributed operational system, said operational system including a field device, a field processing module coupled to the field device, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus, the method comprising:
- generating a field operating characteristic at the field device;
processing the field operating characteristic at the field processing module;
generating field operating data including a field diagnostic parameter as a function of the field operating characteristic;
communicating the field operating data including the field diagnostic parameter over the bitbus from the field processing module to the auxiliary processing module;
generating at the auxiliary processing module auxiliary field data as a function of the received field operating data; and
communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus; and
wherein communicating field operating data over the bitbus is communicating in a format that is less than or equal to 8 bits and wherein communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus is communicating in a format greater than 8 bits.
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Abstract
A method of diagnosing a distributed operational system having a field device, a field processing module coupled to the field device, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus. The method includes generating a field operating characteristic at the field device, processing the field operating characteristic at the field processing module, and generating field operating data including a field diagnostic parameter as a function of the field operating characteristic. The method also includes communicating the field operating data including the field diagnostic parameter over the bitbus from the field processing module to the auxiliary processing module. The method further includes generating at the auxiliary processing module auxiliary field data as a function of the received field operating data and communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of diagnosing a distributed operational system, said operational system including a field device, a field processing module coupled to the field device, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus, the method comprising:
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generating a field operating characteristic at the field device; processing the field operating characteristic at the field processing module; generating field operating data including a field diagnostic parameter as a function of the field operating characteristic; communicating the field operating data including the field diagnostic parameter over the bitbus from the field processing module to the auxiliary processing module; generating at the auxiliary processing module auxiliary field data as a function of the received field operating data; and communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus; and wherein communicating field operating data over the bitbus is communicating in a format that is less than or equal to 8 bits and wherein communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus is communicating in a format greater than 8 bits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of diagnosing a distributed operational system, said operational system including a field device, a field processing module coupled to the field device, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus, the method comprising:
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generating a field operating characteristic at the field device; processing the field operating characteristic at the field processing module; generating field operating data including a field diagnostic parameter as a function of the field operating characteristic; communicating the field operating data including the field diagnostic parameter over the bitbus from the field processing module to the auxiliary processing module; generating at the auxiliary processing module auxiliary field data as a function of the received field operating data; and communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus; and wherein the field processing module and the auxiliary processing module interoperate to perform an operational function for the field device, field processing module, auxiliary processing module, bitbus, and system, said at least one operational function being selected from the group consisting of a diagnostics, a trouble shooting method, a statistical process control (SPC) computed parameter, a fault detection, a fault isolation, a root cause, a setting, a limit, a threshold, a calibration, a failure prediction, a maintenance procedure, a validation, a verification, a traceability, an auto-configuration, an architecture alignment, a fingerprint, an identification, a biometric identification, a theoretical modeling, a self-administration, a self-tuning rule, an operational device control.
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20. A method of diagnosing a distributed operational system, said operational system including a field device, a field processing module coupled to the field device, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus, the method comprising:
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generating a field operating characteristic at the field device; processing the field operating characteristic at the field processing module; generating field operating data including a field diagnostic parameter as a function of the field operating characteristic; communicating the field operating data including the field diagnostic parameter over the bitbus from the field processing module to the auxiliary processing module; generating at the auxiliary processing module auxiliary field data as a function of the received field operating data; and communicating the auxiliary field data over the fieldbus; and wherein the distributed operational system is selected from the group consisting of a fabrication system, a packaging system, a building control system, an energy management system, a manufacturing system, an assembly system, a processing system, and an operational control system.
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