Method and a system for replacing and commissioning of a field device

• US 10,209,695 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2014
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Kumar, Ravish, Tandur, Deepaknath, Kande, Mallikarjun, Braun, Roland, Milind, Bhangale, Shah, Neil, Bollmeyer, Stefan, Pandharkar, Shashishekhar
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandvik, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US15/038,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20160291563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/048 Monitoring; Safety
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/24072 Detect faulty circuit, display on screen and replace it
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25428 Field device
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0883 Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

In aspects, the present invention discloses a method for replacing a first field device with a second field device using a commissioning tool. The method comprising retrieving a device description file associated with the first field device, analyzing the device description file, generating a first object by mapping a parameters of the second field device to a parameter from the identified one or more parameters based on a first index and a second index, generating a configuration file associated with the second file device based on the device description file and the generated first object, and transmitting the configuration file to the second field device for commissioning operation of the second field device. The step of analyzing the device description file comprises identifying one or more parameters from the plurality of parameters for mapping based on a predetermined criteria.

Claims

1. A method for replacing a first field device with a second field device in a plant, using a commissioning tool of a control system in the plant, the commissioning tool comprising one or more processors, a network interface, and a memory module, the method comprising:

retrieving, by the commissioning tool, a device description file associated with the first field device, the device description file comprising a plurality of parameters;

analyzing the device description file, by the commissioning tool, wherein analyzing the device description file comprises identifying one or more parameters from the plurality of parameters for mapping based on a predetermined criteria;

generating, by the commissioning tool, a first object, wherein generating comprises;

calculating a first index based on semantic similarity between one or more attributes of a parameter of the second field device and one or more attributes of a parameter from the identified one or more parameters of the first field device using a semantic dictionary,

calculating a second index by comparing one or more attributes of the parameter of the second field device with one or more attributes of the parameter from the identified one or more parameters of the first field device, and

mapping the parameter of the second field device to the parameter from the identified one or more parameters based on at least one of a seed profile, the first index, and the second index;

generating, by the commissioning tool, a configuration file associated with the second file device based on the device description file and the generated first object; and

transmitting the configuration file, by the commissioning tool, to the second field device for commissioning operation of the second field device in accordance with the configuration file.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seed profile includes one or more associations between Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) specified parameters and parameters of the first field device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein analyzing the device description file further comprises:

extracting a plurality of commands and a plurality of parameters from the device description file associated with the first field device, wherein the plurality of commands includes one or more universal commands; and

identifying one or more relationships between the plurality of commands and the plurality of parameters.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein analyzing the device description file further comprises identifying one or more parameters to be configured by a user, using corresponding Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) command number and byte position and a lookup table.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

requesting a confirmation from a user upon mapping the parameter of the second field device to the parameter from the identified one or more parameters; and

modifying the semantic dictionary upon receiving confirmation from the user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising commissioning the second field device in accordance with the configuration file.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the commissioning of the second field device in accordance with the configuration file is performed by the commissioning tool.

8. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein comparing the one or more attributes of the parameter of the second field device with the one or more attributes of the parameter from the identified one or more parameters of the first field device is based on the identified relationships between the plurality of commands and the one or more parameters of the first field device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the one or more attributes of the parameter of the second field device includes one or more commands associated with the parameter of the second field device.

10. A configuration tool for replacing a first field device with a second field device in a plant, the configuration tool comprising:

a network interface configured to receive a device description file associated with the first field device, the device description file comprising a plurality of parameters, and to transmit a configuration file to the second field device for commissioning operation of the second field device in accordance with the configuration file;

a memory module, wherein the memory module comprises a semantic dictionary; and

one or more processors configured to;

analyze the device description file, wherein analyzing the device description file comprises identifying one or more parameters from the plurality of parameters for mapping based on a predetermined criteria,

generate a first object by mapping a parameter of the second field device to a parameter from the identified one or more parameters of the first field device using a seed profile, and

generate the configuration file associated with the second field device based on the device description file and the generated first object.

11. The configuration tool as claimed in claim 10, wherein the seed profile includes one or more associations between Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) specified parameters and parameters of the first field device.

12. The configuration tool as claimed in claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to request a confirmation from a user upon mapping the parameter of the second field device to the parameter from the identified one or more parameters, and to modify the semantic dictionary upon receiving confirmation from the user.