Apparatus and method for advanced alarming in field device protocols
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, the device-specific parameters associated with a legacy field device that is configured to support a set of field device protocol standard alarms without user-selected device-specific parameters in accordance with a legacy version of a field device protocol but is incapable of supporting new alarm parameters associated with newer versions of the field device protocol, the set of field device protocol standard alarms providing a set of diagnostic notifications;
receiving a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user, the at least one selected device-specific parameter comprising at least one diagnostic indicator of the legacy field device;
upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, providing an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user, the multiple bits corresponding to multiple states of the legacy field device;
receiving a selection of at least one of the bits from the user;
saving the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition, the custom alarm condition defining a custom diagnostic alarm that is different than the diagnostic notifications in the protocol standard alarms; and
generating the custom diagnostic alarm when the custom alarm condition occurs.
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Abstract
A method includes providing an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, where the device-specific parameters are associated with a field device. The method also includes receiving a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user. The method further includes, upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, providing an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user. The method also includes receiving a selection of at least one of the bits from the user. The method further includes saving the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition. A selected criticality option or a selected priority option can be saved as part of the custom alarm condition. The custom alarm condition can be loaded into a controller of a process control system.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, the device-specific parameters associated with a legacy field device that is configured to support a set of field device protocol standard alarms without user-selected device-specific parameters in accordance with a legacy version of a field device protocol but is incapable of supporting new alarm parameters associated with newer versions of the field device protocol, the set of field device protocol standard alarms providing a set of diagnostic notifications; receiving a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user, the at least one selected device-specific parameter comprising at least one diagnostic indicator of the legacy field device; upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, providing an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user, the multiple bits corresponding to multiple states of the legacy field device; receiving a selection of at least one of the bits from the user; saving the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition, the custom alarm condition defining a custom diagnostic alarm that is different than the diagnostic notifications in the protocol standard alarms; and generating the custom diagnostic alarm when the custom alarm condition occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a processing unit configured to; provide an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, the device-specific parameters associated with a legacy field device that is configured to support a set of field device protocol standard alarms without user-selected device-specific parameters in accordance with a legacy version of a field device protocol but is incapable of supporting new alarm parameters associated with newer versions of the field device protocol, the set of field device protocol standard alarms providing a set of diagnostic notifications; receive a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user, the at least one selected device-specific parameter comprising at least one diagnostic indicator of the legacy field device; upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, provide an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user, the multiple bits corresponding to multiple states of the legacy field device; and receive a selection of at least one of the bits from the user; and a memory configured to store the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition, the custom alarm condition defining a custom diagnostic alarm that is different than the diagnostic notifications in the protocol standard alarms, wherein the processing unit is configured to generate the custom diagnostic alarm when the custom alarm condition occurs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:
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providing an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, the device-specific parameters associated with a legacy field device that is configured to support a set of field device protocol standard alarms without user-selected device-specific parameters in accordance with a legacy version of a field device protocol but is incapable of supporting new alarm parameters associated with newer versions of the field device protocol, the set of field device protocol standard alarms providing a set of diagnostic notifications; receiving a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user, the at least one selected device-specific parameter comprising at least one diagnostic indicator of the legacy field device; upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, providing an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user, the multiple bits corresponding to multiple states of the legacy field device; receiving a selection of at least one of the bits from the user; saving the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition, the custom alarm condition defining a custom diagnostic alarm that is different than the diagnostic notifications in the protocol standard alarms; and generating the custom diagnostic alarm when the custom alarm condition occurs. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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