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Process control system including automatic sensing and automatic configuration of devices

  • US RE40,817 E1
  • Filed: 11/09/2001
  • Issued: 06/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process control system comprising:

  • a process;

    a plurality of devices coupled to the process;

    a communication network coupled to the devices;

    a workstation coupled to the plurality of devices via the network and including a user interface; and

    a software system executable on the network and implementing a routine for automatically sensing a connection of a device to a network and placing the connected device in an accessible a standby state for communicating with a user via the user interface prior to commissioning the connected device into a predefined control configuration including;

    a routine for configuring the connected device in a network control configuration of the plurality of devices, wherein the routine for configuring the connected device further includes;

    a user-interactive routine for determining a device type of the connected device;

    a user-interactive routine for determining a role of the connected device with respect to the process control system;

    a user-interactive routine for assigning a physical device tag the determined role; and

    a user-interactive routine for verifying connection of the device to the network.

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