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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Paul F. McLaughlin, Ambler, PA (US);
David A. Eisner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason T. Urso, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plaines, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes at least one industrial control and automation field device and a remote terminal unit (RTU). The RTU includes input/output (I/O) terminals configured to be coupled to the field devices. The RTU also includes one or more I/O modules having one or more reconfigurable I/O channels configured to be coupled to the I/O terminals. Each reconfigurable I/O channel is configurable as an analog input, an analog input supporting digital communication, an analog output, an analog output supporting digital communication, a digital input, a digital output, and a pulse accumulator input. The RTU further includes at least one processing device configured to control a configuration of each of the one or more reconfigurable I/O channels.