公开(公告)号：US11481282B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16502692

申请日：2019-07-03

Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.

Inventor： Paul Francis McLaughlin ,  Jason Thomas Urso ,  James Michael Schreder ,  John Rosa-Bian ,  Norman Swanson ,  Jethro F. Steinman

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: A method of fault-tolerant process control includes providing a network process control system in an industrial processing facility (IPF) including a plant-wide network coupling a server to computing platforms each including computing hardware and memory hosting a software application for simultaneously supporting a process controller and another process controller or an I/O gateway. The computing platforms are coupled together by a private path redundancy network for providing a hardware resource pool. At least some of the computing platforms are directly coupled by an I/O mesh network to a plurality of I/O devices to field devices that are coupled to processing equipment. Upon detecting at least one failing device in the hardware resource pool, over the private path redundancy network a backup is placed into service for the failing device from the another process controller or I/O gateway that is at another of the computing platforms in the hardware resource pool.

公开(公告)号：US20200310920A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16502692

申请日：2019-07-03

Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.

Inventor： Paul Francis McLaughlin ,  Jason Thomas Urso ,  James Michael Schreder ,  John Rosa-Bian ,  Norman Swanson ,  Jethro F. Steinman

IPC: G06F11/14 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of fault-tolerant process control includes providing a network process control system in an industrial processing facility (IPF) including a plant-wide network coupling a server to computing platforms each including computing hardware and memory hosting a software application for simultaneously supporting a process controller and another process controller or an I/O gateway. The computing platforms are coupled together by a private path redundancy network for providing a hardware resource pool. At least some of the computing platforms are directly coupled by an I/O mesh network to a plurality of I/O devices to field devices that are coupled to processing equipment. Upon detecting at least one failing device in the hardware resource pool, over the private path redundancy network a backup is placed into service for the failing device from the another process controller or I/O gateway that is at another of the computing platforms in the hardware resource pool.

公开(公告)号：US09720404B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14269903

申请日：2014-05-05

Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.

Inventor： James A. Strilich ,  Paul F. McLaughlin ,  W. Russell Massey ,  Jethro F. Steinman ,  Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G05B19/418 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: G05B19/4186 ,  G05B19/41855 ,  G05B2219/31115 ,  G05B2219/31348 ,  G05B2219/31369 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L69/18

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate over a first industrial process control network using a first protocol. The apparatus also includes a second interface configured to communicate over a second industrial process control network using a second protocol. The apparatus further includes a third interface configured to communicate with at least one supervisory device over a third network. In addition, the apparatus includes at least one processing device configured to provide concurrent access for the at least one supervisory device to process control devices coupled to the first and second industrial process control networks during a migration of process control devices that use the first protocol to process control devices that use the second protocol.

公开(公告)号：US20150316923A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-05

申请号：US14269903

申请日：2014-05-05

Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.

Inventor： James A. Strilich ,  Paul F. McLaughlin ,  W. Russell Massey ,  Jethro F. Steinman ,  Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4186 ,  G05B19/41855 ,  G05B2219/31115 ,  G05B2219/31348 ,  G05B2219/31369 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L69/18

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate over a first industrial process control network using a first protocol. The apparatus also includes a second interface configured to communicate over a second industrial process control network using a second protocol. The apparatus further includes a third interface configured to communicate with at least one supervisory device over a third network. In addition, the apparatus includes at least one processing device configured to provide concurrent access for the at least one supervisory device to process control devices coupled to the first and second industrial process control networks during a migration of process control devices that use the first protocol to process control devices that use the second protocol.

Abstract translation: 一种装置包括被配置为使用第一协议通过第一工业过程控制网络进行通信的第一接口。 该装置还包括被配置为使用第二协议通过第二工业过程控制网络进行通信的第二接口。 该装置还包括配置成通过第三网络与至少一个监控装置通信的第三接口。 另外，该设备包括至少一个处理设备，该处理设备被配置为为至少一个监控设备提供并发访问，以便在使用第一协议的过程控制设备的迁移期间处理耦合到第一和第二工业过程控制网络的控制设备 使用第二协议的过程控制设备。