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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Julian K. Naidoo, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Michael G. Ott, Round Rock, TX (US);
Aaron C. Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);
Deborah R. Colclazier, Round Rock, TX (US);
Karen Johnson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert G. Halgren, III, Austin, TX (US);
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A modular control system includes a modular controller that implements control logic of the modular control system, where the controller is built natively on a platform of a distributed control system, equipment configured to perform a physical function in a process plant according to the control logic, and a configuration database storing configuration parameters of the modular control system. In a first mode of operation, the modular control system operates as a standalone module, and in a second mode of operation, the modular control system operates natively as one or several nodes of a distributed control system.