Systems and methods for batch device commissioning and decommissioning

• US 9,563,188 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Banerjee, Abhik, Petzen, John Alexander III
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Saavedra, Emilio J
• Application Number:
  US13/957,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20150039130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 700/275
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41845 characterised by system universality, reconfigurability, modularity
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31134 PCD profinet component description, field device description module
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31334 Database with devices, configuration, of plant
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32137 Configure, connect, combine different program modules
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32144 Define device description using dd files
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

The embodiments described herein include a system, non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium including executable code, and a method. In one embodiment, a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium including executable code is provided. The executable code includes instructions for providing a batch commissioning system configured to operatively couple at least two field devices to a control system, and for providing a batch decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the at least two field devices from the control system. The executable code further includes instructions for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the batch commissioning system, the batch decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to select, on a display, the at least two field devices, and to communicatively interface with the control system to operatively couple, uncouple, or a combination thereof, the at least two field device from the control system.

Claims

1. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium comprising executable code, the executable code comprising instructions for:

providing a batch commissioning system configured to operatively couple at least two field devices to a control system;

providing a batch decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the at least two field devices from the control system; and

providing a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the batch commissioning system, the batch decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to select, on a display, the at least two field devices, and to communicatively interface with the control system to operatively couple, uncouple, or a combination thereof, the at least two field device from the control system, wherein a first field device of the at least two field devices comprises a mismatch state, and wherein the mismatched state comprises a physical device (PD) tag assigned to the first field device, a permanent node ID assigned to the first field device, and no node address corresponding to a live device, and wherein the batch commissioning system is configured to transition the first field device from the mismatch state into a commissioned state if the first field device is determined to be in the mismatch state.

2. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the batch commissioning system is configured to determine if a first permanent node identification (ID) assigned to the first field device is available for commissioning, and if the first permanent node ID is available, then to assign a first physical device (PD) tag to the first field device and to skip a second permanent node ID deletion and a second permanent node ID reassignment.

3. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the at least two field devices comprise a plurality of field device states and wherein the plurality of field device states each comprise only the mismatch state, an uninitialized state, an initialized state, and a commissioned state.

4. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, comprising instructions for communicatively coupling the at least two field devices to the control system via a linking device.

5. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the GUI comprises a hierarchical control configured to display visualizations representative of a linking device, the at least two field devices, a plurality of field device states, or a combination thereof.

6. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the visualizations representative of the plurality of field device states comprise a plurality of graphical icons.

7. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions comprise instructions for communicating between a high speed Ethernet network and a Foundation H1 network via a linking device, wherein the linking device is configured to link the high speed Ethernet network to the Foundation H1 network, and the at least two field devices are attached to the Foundation H1 network.

8. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions comprise a virtual placeholder representative of a first field device of the at least two field devices, wherein the commissioning system is configured to use the virtual placeholder to commission the first field device.

9. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium of claim 1, comprising instructions to control a turbine system, a power generation system, or a combination thereof.

10. A method, comprising:

detecting the coupling of a first field device to a control system;

detecting the coupling of a second field device to the control system;

determining a first state for the first field device;

determining a second state for the second field device; and

batch commissioning, batch decommissioning, batch clearing, or a combination thereof, the first and the second field devices, wherein the first field device comprises a mismatch state, and wherein the mismatch state comprises a physical device (PD) tag assigned to the first field device, a permanent node ID assigned to the first field device, and no node address corresponding to a live device, and wherein the batch commissioning system is configured to transition the first field device from the mismatch state into a commissioned state if the first field device is determined to be in the mismatch state.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the batch commissioning occurs if the first and second field devices are both in the mismatch state and the batch commissioning comprises populating device description (DD) files associated with the first and second field device in a batch commissioning wizard based on manufacture ID, device type, device revision, DD and common file format (CFF) revision, or a combination thereof, and using the DD files to commission the first and the second field devices.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the batch commissioning occurs if one of the first or the second field devices is in a uninitialized or an initialized state and the batch commissioning comprises utilizing at least one temporary node ID.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the batch commissioning comprises assigning a first permanent node identification (ID) and a first physical device (PD) tag to the first field device if the first field device is not in the mismatch state, wherein assigning the first permanent node ID and the first PD tag transitions the first field device to a commissioned state.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein batch decommissioning comprises deriving a number of temporary nodes currently in use and providing a facility to release a first temporary nodes if the number is equal to a maximum value.

15. A system comprising:

a processor configured to;

detect the coupling of a first field device to a control system;

detect the coupling of a second field device to the control system;

determine a first state for the first field device;

determine a second state for the second field device; and

batch commission, batch decommission, batch clear, or a combination thereof, the first and the second field devices, wherein the first field device comprises a mismatch state, and wherein the mismatch state comprises a physical device (PD) tag assigned to the first field device, a permanent node ID assigned to the first field device, and no node address corresponding to a live device, and wherein the batch commissioning system is configured to transition the first field device from the mismatch state into a commissioned state if the first field device is determined to be in the mismatch state.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to batch commission if the first and second field devices are both in the mismatch state and the batch commissioning comprises populating device description (DD) files associated with the first and second field device in a batch commissioning wizard based on manufacture ID, device type, device revision, DD and common file format (CFF) revision, or a combination thereof, and using the DD files to commission the first and the second field devices.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the wherein the processor is configured to batch commission if one of the first or the second field devices is in a uninitialized or an initialized state and the batch commissioning comprises utilizing at least one temporary node ID.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein batch clearing comprises transitioning the first and the second field devices to an uninitialized state.