Rosemount Inc.

Robert Michael Weinberger

Greg Edward Gindele

James A Johnson

Richard Louis Nelson

Eric Darrell Rotvold

Brian Lee Westfield

Theodore Henry Schnaare

Eric R Lovegren

Ryan Thomas Lindsey

Sean P McLeskey

Marshall Leon Meier

Yevgeny Yurevich Korolev

Eric Russell Lovegren

James Johnson

A wireless field device for use in an industrial process includes input/output terminals configured to couple to a process interface element. A discrete input/output channel is configured to receive a discrete input signal from the process interface element through the input/output terminals when configured as a discrete input channel. The discrete input/output channel is further configured to provide a discrete output to the process interface element through the input/output terminals when configured as discrete output channel. Wireless communication circuitry transmits and receives information. A controller is configured to provide a discrete output signal to the process interface element in response to information received by the wireless communication circuitry when the discrete input/output channel is configured as a discrete output channel, and further configure to receive a discrete input signal from a process variable sensor and responsively provide an output using the wireless communication circuitry when the discrete input/output channel is configured as a discrete input channel. An external power supply input couples to an external power supply. A load adapter module couples to the discrete output signal and the external power supply input and includes a switch configured to connect the process interface element to the external power supply in response to the discrete output signal.

Load adapter module for wireless discrete input/output field device

An Advanced Physical Layer (APL) adapter for enabling functional interconnection of a 2-wire APL spur to at least one industrial process legacy field device includes a first pair of terminals, APL physical layer (PHY) circuitry, a second pair of terminals and connectivity circuitry. The first pair of terminals is configured for connection to the 2-wire APL spur. The APL PHY circuitry is capacitively coupled to the first pair of terminals. The connectivity circuitry is configured to communicate with a legacy field device connected to the second pair of terminals in accordance with a legacy communication protocol and control the APL PHY circuitry to communicate through the first pair of terminals in accordance with an Ethernet protocol.

Advanced physical layer (APL) adapter for legacy field devices

A sensor module assembly includes a sensor housing that houses a sensing element configured to sense a characteristic of a process and generate a sensor signal indicative of the characteristic. The sensor module assembly includes a wireless device housing that houses communication circuitry configured to receive the sensor signal and a wireless transmitter configured to send the sensor signal wirelessly to a remote device. The sensor module assembly also includes a communication cable that communicatively couples the sensing element in the sensor housing to the communication circuitry in the wireless device housing.

Remote wireless sensing apparatus

A monitor module for a turbine flow meter includes a receiver that receives a sequence of pulses sent by the turbine flow meter. A frequency identifier identifies a frequency of the pulses in the sequence of pulses and a mean identifier identifies a mean frequency of frequencies of pulses. An alert system uses the mean frequency to determine when an alert should be issued.

Health monitor for turbine flow meter

A wireless field device for use in an industrial process includes input/output terminals configured to couple to a process interface element. A discrete input/output channel is configured to receive a discrete input from the process interface element through the input/output terminals when configured as a discrete input channel. The discrete input/output channel is further configured to provide a discrete output to the process interface element through the input/output terminals when the discrete input/output channel is configured as discrete output channel. Wireless communication circuitry is configured to transmit and receive information. A controller communicates information through the wireless communication circuitry and operates in accordance with configuration information to configure the input/output channel as an input channel when the input/output terminals are connected to a discrete process variable sensor, and further configure the discrete input/output channel as a discrete output channel when the input/output terminals are coupled to a discrete control element.

Wireless field device having discrete input/output

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Robert Michael Weinberger