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Interface for local configuration and monitoring of an industrial field device with support for provisioning onto an industrial wireless network and related system and method

  • US 9,405,285 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2012
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • communicatively coupling a user device to a field device in an industrial control system to configure and provision the field device, wherein the user device is communicatively coupled to the field device using out of band access;

    selecting an operating mode of the user device;

    in response to selecting a first operating mode, providing configuration data from the user device to the field device using the out of band access to configure the field device; and

    in response to selecting a second operating mode, providing provisioning data from the user device to the field device using the out of band access to provision the field device onto a wireless network;

    wherein the out of band access to the field device is restricted by a network manager after the field device is connected to the wireless network to prevent unwanted configuration or monitoring of the field device by the user device without network authorization.

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