Interface module for use with a fieldbus device network and with internet and non-internet based process control networks
    1.
    发明授权
    Interface module for use with a fieldbus device network and with internet and non-internet based process control networks 有权
    接口模块,用于现场总线设备网络以及互联网和非互联网过程控制网络

    公开(公告)号:US07246194B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-17

    申请号:US10931165

    申请日:2004-08-31

    摘要: An interface module is operatively connected to a Fieldbus process control network and to at least one non-Fieldbus process control network to facilitate the exchange of process control information between the networks. The interface module stores a database in which the process control parameters of the function blocks in the field devices of the Fieldbus process control network are mapped to corresponding process control parameters of the non-Fieldbus process control network. Once the Fieldbus process control parameters are mapped to the non-Fieldbus process control parameters, the interface module is adapted to transmit request messages on the Fieldbus process control network to the Fieldbus field devices for the current values of the process control parameters, receive response messages from the Fieldbus field devices, and store the current values of the process control parameters in the database. The interface module may also function in the other direction to map non-Fieldbus process control parameters to corresponding Fieldbus process control parameters.

    摘要翻译: 接口模块可操作地连接到现场总线过程控制网络和至少一个非现场总线过程控制网络,以便于在网络之间交换过程控制信息。 接口模块存储一个数据库,其中现场总线过程控制网络的现场设备中的功能块的过程控制参数映射到非现场总线过程控制网络的相应过程控制参数。 一旦现场总线过程控制参数映射到非现场总线过程控制参数,接口模块就适用于将现场总线过程控制网络上的请求消息传送到现场总线现场设备,以了解过程控制参数的当前值,接收响应消息 从现场总线现场设备中,将过程控制参数的当前值存储在数据库中。 接口模块还可以在另一个方向上工作,将非现场总线过程控制参数映射到相应的现场总线过程控制参数。

    Interface module for use with a Modbus device network and a Fieldbus device network
    2.
    发明授权
    Interface module for use with a Modbus device network and a Fieldbus device network 有权
    用于Modbus设备网络和现场总线设备网络的接口模块

    公开(公告)号:US07246193B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-17

    申请号:US10354525

    申请日:2003-01-30

    摘要: An interface module is operatively coupled to a Fieldbus process control network and a Modbus process control network to facilitate the exchange of process control information between the networks. The interface module stores a register map database in which the process control parameters of the function blocks in the field devices of the Fieldbus process control network are mapped to register numbers of the Modbus process control network. Once the Fieldbus process control parameters are mapped to the Modbus registers, the interface module is adapted to transmit request messages on the Fieldbus process control network to the Fieldbus field devices for the current values of the process control parameters, receive response messages from the Fieldbus field devices, and store the current values of the process control parameters in the register map database.

    摘要翻译: 接口模块可操作地耦合到现场总线过程控制网络和Modbus过程控制网络,以便于在网络之间交换过程控制信息。 接口模块存储寄存器映射数据库,其中现场总线过程控制网络的现场设备中功能块的过程控制参数映射到Modbus过程控制网络的寄存器编号。 将现场总线过程控制参数映射到Modbus寄存器后,接口模块适用于在现场总线过程控制网络上向现场总线现场设备发送请求消息,以获取过程控制参数的当前值,从现场总线字段接收响应消息 设备,并将过程控制参数的当前值存储在寄存器映射数据库中。

    ASSET TRACKING IN PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS
    4.
    发明申请
    ASSET TRACKING IN PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS 有权
    过程控制环境中的资产追踪

    公开(公告)号:US20130060351A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-07

    申请号:US13224408

    申请日:2011-09-02

    IPC分类号: G05B11/01

    摘要: An asset tracking system for use in a process control environment may include one or more asset tracking devices and an asset tracking host. The asset tracking device may receive signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked, and may communicate, using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART, an indication of the position to the asset tracking host. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking host may store and/or display the data or information included in the message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking device. An asset tracking device may be included in a field device, a network device, or a portable communications device used in the process control environment.

    摘要翻译: 用于过程控制环境的资产跟踪系统可以包括一个或多个资产跟踪设备和资产跟踪主机。 资产跟踪装置可以接收对应于要跟踪的资产的位置或位置的信号,并且可以使用诸如无线HART的工业自动化协议来传达对资产跟踪主机的位置的指示。 信号可以是重新辐射到过程控制环境中的GPS信号。 其他信息,如环境数据,可以与资产的位置相结合。 资产跟踪主机可以存储和/或显示消息中包括的数据或信息,并且可以向资产跟踪设备发送不同的消息。 资产跟踪装置可以包括在在过程控制环境中使用的现场设备,网络设备或便携式通信设备中。

    Asset tracking in process control environments
    5.
    发明授权
    Asset tracking in process control environments 有权
    过程控制环境中的资产跟踪

    公开(公告)号:US09454744B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-27

    申请号:US13224408

    申请日:2011-09-02

    摘要: An asset tracking system for use in a process control environment may include one or more asset tracking devices and an asset tracking host. The asset tracking device may receive signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked, and may communicate, using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART, an indication of the position to the asset tracking host. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking host may store and/or display the data or information included in the message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking device. An asset tracking device may be included in a field device, a network device, or a portable communications device used in the process control environment.

    摘要翻译: 用于过程控制环境的资产跟踪系统可以包括一个或多个资产跟踪设备和资产跟踪主机。 资产跟踪装置可以接收对应于要跟踪的资产的位置或位置的信号,并且可以使用诸如无线HART的工业自动化协议来传达对资产跟踪主机的位置的指示。 信号可以是重新辐射到过程控制环境中的GPS信号。 其他信息,如环境数据,可以与资产的位置相结合。 资产跟踪主机可以存储和/或显示消息中包括的数据或信息,并且可以向资产跟踪设备发送不同的消息。 资产跟踪装置可以包括在在过程控制环境中使用的现场设备,网络设备或便携式通信设备中。

    Field-mounted process device
    6.
    发明授权
    Field-mounted process device 有权
    现场安装的过程设备

    公开(公告)号:US07844365B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-30

    申请号:US11184714

    申请日:2005-07-19

    摘要: A field-mounted process device with multiple isolated connections includes a connection that can be an input or an output. The given input or output can couple to multiple sensors or actuators, respectively. The process device can be wholly powered through its communication I/O port. The process device includes a controller adapted to measure one or more characteristics of sensors coupled to an input connection and to control actuators coupled to an output connection. The controller can be further adapted to execute a user generated control algorithm relating process input information with process output commands.

    摘要翻译: 具有多个隔离连接的现场安装的过程设备包括可以是输入或输出的连接。 给定的输入或输出可以分别耦合到多个传感器或执行器。 过程设备可以通过其通信I / O端口完全供电。 该过程装置包括控制器,其适于测量耦合到输入连接的传感器的一个或多个特性并且控制耦合到输出连接的致动器。 控制器还可以适用于执行与过程输出命令相关联的过程输入信息的用户生成的控制算法。

    Process installation network intrusion detection and prevention
    7.
    发明授权
    Process installation network intrusion detection and prevention 有权
    流程安装网络入侵检测和预防

    公开(公告)号:US09270642B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-23

    申请号:US13272394

    申请日:2011-10-13

    摘要: A process communication device includes a process communication interface for communicating on a process communication loop in accordance with a process communication protocol. A controller is coupled to the process communication interface. A rules store is coupled to the controller, and has at least one process communication packet rule that is based on the process communication protocol. The controller applies the at least one process communication packet rule to at least one process communication packet received from the process communication interface, and generates event information when a process communication packet fails at least one process communication packet rule.

    摘要翻译: 过程通信设备包括用于根据过程通信协议在过程通信环路上通信的过程通信接口。 控制器耦合到过程通信接口。 规则存储器耦合到控制器,并且具有基于过程通信协议的至少一个过程通信分组规则。 控制器将至少一个进程通信分组规则应用于从进程通信接口接收的至少一个进程通信分组,并且当进程通信分组失败至少一个进程通信分组规则时生成事件信息。

    Efficient addressing in wireless hart protocol
    8.
    发明授权
    Efficient addressing in wireless hart protocol 有权
    无线哈特协议中的高效寻址

    公开(公告)号:US08570922B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-29

    申请号:US12101043

    申请日:2008-04-10

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00 H04L12/28

    摘要: A method of providing a wireless extension to a wired protocol for transferring data to and from a field device operating in a process control environment via a wired connection, wherein the wired protocol and the wireless extension to the wired protocol have at least one protocol layer in common includes associating a unique address consistent with an addressing scheme of the wired protocol with each of a plurality of wireless devices operating in the process control environment and forming a wireless network, such that a data packet is routed between two of the plurality of wireless devices based on the unique address; associating a network identifier with the plurality of wireless devices; forming, for each of the plurality of wireless devices, a global address including the respective unique address and the network identifier in accordance with a second addressing scheme; and providing access to an external host operating outside the wireless network to each of the plurality of wireless devices based on the global address associated with the wireless device specified at the external host.

    摘要翻译: 一种向有线协议提供无线扩展的方法,用于经由有线连接向在过程控制环境中操作的现场设备传送数据和从现场设备传送数据,其中有线协议和对有线协议的无线扩展具有至少一个协议层 通常包括将与有线协议的寻址方案一致的唯一地址与在过程控制环境中操作的多个无线设备中的每一个相关联并且形成无线网络,使得数据分组在多个无线设备中的两个之间路由 基于独特的地址; 将网络标识符与所述多个无线设备相关联; 根据第二寻址方案,为所述多个无线设备中的每一个形成包括相应的唯一地址和所述网络标识符的全局地址; 以及基于与在所述外部主机指定的所述无线设备相关联的全球地址,向所述多个无线设备中的每一个提供对在所述无线网络之外运行的外部主机的访问。

    PROCESS INSTALLATION NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION
    9.
    发明申请
    PROCESS INSTALLATION NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION 有权
    过程安装网络侵入检测和预防

    公开(公告)号:US20130094500A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-18

    申请号:US13272394

    申请日:2011-10-13

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    摘要: A process communication device includes a process communication interface for communicating on a process communication loop in accordance with a process communication protocol. A controller is coupled to the process communication interface. A rules store is coupled to the controller, and has at least one process communication packet rule that is based on the process communication protocol. The controller applies the at least one process communication packet rule to at least one process communication packet received from the process communication interface, and generates event information when a process communication packet fails at least one process communication packet rule.

    摘要翻译: 过程通信设备包括用于根据过程通信协议在过程通信环路上通信的过程通信接口。 控制器耦合到过程通信接口。 规则存储器耦合到控制器,并且具有基于过程通信协议的至少一个过程通信分组规则。 控制器将至少一个进程通信分组规则应用于从进程通信接口接收的至少一个进程通信分组,并且当进程通信分组失败至少一个进程通信分组规则时生成事件信息。

    Scheduling communication frames in a wireless network
    10.
    发明授权
    Scheduling communication frames in a wireless network 有权
    在无线网络中调度通信帧

    公开(公告)号:US08356431B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US12101074

    申请日:2008-04-10

    IPC分类号: H04J3/00

    摘要: A method of scheduling communications in a multi-node wireless mesh network which has a first network device and a second network device includes defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration, defining a first superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a first number of the communication timeslots, defining a second superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a second number of the communication timeslots, aligning the first superframe with the second superframe, so that one of the timeslots of the first superframe begins simultaneously with one of the timeslots of the second superframe, and associating the first and the second superframes with a network schedule, so that the first network device and the second network device transmit data according to the network schedule.

    摘要翻译: 一种在具有第一网络设备和第二网络设备的多节点无线网状网络中调度通信的方法包括定义预定持续时间的通信时隙,定义具有重复超帧周期的第一超帧,所述重复超帧周期包括第一数量的通信 定义具有包括第二数量的通信时隙的重复超帧周期的第二超帧,使第一超帧与第二超帧对准,使得第一超帧的时隙之一与第二超帧的时隙之一同时开始 并且将第一和第二超帧与网络调度相关联,使得第一网络设备和第二网络设备根据网络调度来发送数据。