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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Andre A. Dicaire, Chestermere, CA;
Trevor D. Schleiss, Austin, TX (US);
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method and system, a device tag allows automatic configuration of a process control system to download and cache device diagnostic data associated with one or more process control field devices. The device diagnostic data are downloaded and cached using bandwidth not otherwise required for real-time process control communications. The device diagnostic data may be polled asynchronously and/or according to a low priority, background task. The device diagnostic data include one or more non-static parameter values. The cached parameter values may be used in display routines, control routines, or any routine for which the update frequency is sufficient. Each cached parameter value may also have associated with it a status.