Apparatus and method for autodetection of HART devices over PROFIBUS
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1. A method comprising:
- before a completion of a software configuration of one or more highway addressable remote transducer (HART) slave devices;
scanning the one or more HART slave devices connected to a PROFIBUS remote input/output (IO) slave device; and
collecting HART device data about a specified HART slave device of the one or more HART slave devices in order to choose a device description (DD) file configuration from a controller;
identifying a DD file associated with the specified HART slave device using the HART device data; and
performing one or more device communication functions with the specified HART slave device using the identified DD file.
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Abstract
A master device is configured to perform a method that includes receiving highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device connected to PROFIBUS RIO Slave. The method also includes identifying a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data that is collected automatically based on the PROFIBUS slave Profile index before even configuring the HART device in the system. The method further includes performing one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device to collect the data automatically.
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1. A method comprising:
before a completion of a software configuration of one or more highway addressable remote transducer (HART) slave devices; scanning the one or more HART slave devices connected to a PROFIBUS remote input/output (IO) slave device; and collecting HART device data about a specified HART slave device of the one or more HART slave devices in order to choose a device description (DD) file configuration from a controller; identifying a DD file associated with the specified HART slave device using the HART device data; and performing one or more device communication functions with the specified HART slave device using the identified DD file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A master device comprising:
processing circuitry configured to; collect highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device via a PROFIBUS slave device; identify a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data; and perform one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device using the identified DD file. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
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receive highway addressable remote transducer (HART) device data of a HART slave device via a PROFIBUS slave device; identify a device description (DD) file associated with the HART slave device using the HART device data; and perform one or more device communication functions with the HART slave device using the identified DD file. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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