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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth W. Junk, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Annette Lynn Latwesen, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Assignee:
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/00 (2013.01); G06K 19/0709 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25187 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25204 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25428 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for multimode RFST communications in process control systems is disclosed herein. A disclosed example apparatus includes an example RFST module associated with a process control device of a process control system. The example RFST module includes a plurality of RFSTs configured to communicate by different communication protocols. The example RFST module also includes a power module to power the RFST module to enable communications with a processor or memory associated with the process control device.