Rosemount Inc.

Bruce B Davis

Paul D Kammann

A method and apparatus are provided to allow at least portions of two fieldbus messages to be stored in a fieldbus device. The fieldbus device includes a media access unit, a fieldbus communication controller, and a controller. The media access unit is coupleable to a fieldbus loop to receive fieldbus signals and provide a digital bitstream related to the fieldbus signals. The fieldbus communication controller assembles data segments relating to at least portions of two fieldbus messages from the bitstream and stores the segments in a receive FIFO memory. The controller is adapted: to read the segments from the receive FIFO memory and act upon fieldbus messages.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Bruce B Davis