Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to replace field devices in process control systems
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1. A method, comprising:
- storing a device commissioning process associated with a first field device by;
recording, at a first process controller of a process control system, first and second configuration data transmitted between a configuration system of the process control system and the first field device during commissioning of the first field device;
recording, at the first process controller, an amount of time elapsed between recording of the first configuration data and recording of the second configuration data;
detecting, at a second process controller of the process control system, replacement of the first field device with a second field device; and
playing back the stored device commissioning process to commission the second field device based on the recorded amount of time by;
sending the first recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device; and
after the recorded amount of time has passed since the sending of the first recorded configuration data, sending the second recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device.
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Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to replace field devices in process control systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes recording, at a first process controller of a process control system, configuration data sent from a configuration subsystem of the process control system to a first field device to commission the first field device, detecting, at a second process controller of the process control system, replacement of the first field device with a second field device, and sending the recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device when the replacement is detected to commission the second field device.
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1. A method, comprising:
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storing a device commissioning process associated with a first field device by; recording, at a first process controller of a process control system, first and second configuration data transmitted between a configuration system of the process control system and the first field device during commissioning of the first field device; recording, at the first process controller, an amount of time elapsed between recording of the first configuration data and recording of the second configuration data; detecting, at a second process controller of the process control system, replacement of the first field device with a second field device; and playing back the stored device commissioning process to commission the second field device based on the recorded amount of time by; sending the first recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device; and after the recorded amount of time has passed since the sending of the first recorded configuration data, sending the second recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A process controller of a process control system, comprising:
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a recorder to record first and second configuration data exchanged between a first field device and a configuration system of the process control system during a commissioning of the first field device, the recorder to record an amount of time elapsed between the recordation of the first configuration data and the recordation of the second configuration data during the commissioning of the first field device; a logical device to detect replacement of the first field device with a second field device; and a replacement manager to send the first and second recorded configuration data to the second field device when the replacement is detected to commission the second field device, wherein the replacement manager is to separate the sending of the second recorded configuration data and the sending of the first configuration data by the recorded amount of time elapsed between the recordation of the first configuration data and the recordation of the second configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a process controller of a process control system to at least:
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record first and second configuration data sent to a first field device by a configuration system of a process control system during commissioning of the first field device; record an amount of time elapsed between a first time at which the first configuration data was recorded and a second time at which the second configuration data was recorded; detect replacement of the first field device with a second field device; send the first recorded configuration data to the second field device when the replacement is detected to commission the second field device; and send the second recorded configuration data to the second field device after the amount of time elapses from the sending of the first recorded configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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