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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc, Round Rock, TX (US);
Aaron C. Jones, Austin, TX (US);
Michael G. Ott, Round Rock, TX (US);
Julian K. Naidoo, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Deborah R. Colclazier, Red Lodge, MT (US);
Karen Johnson, Round Rock, TX (US);
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
The described techniques enable a skid communicator tool to quickly change network settings to those required by a particular skid or network in a process control environment with which a user of the tool wishes to establish communication. These techniques are helpful because skids and networks in process control environments often require different network settings for any device attempting to communicate with the skids or network, and a user often must manually load these network settings every time she wants to communicate with a different network or skid. By contrast, the techniques enable the skid communicator tool to seamlessly connect to, disconnect from, and reconnect to any of the skids or other networks requiring different network settings with minimal input from the user, thus enabling a user to easily move through and interact with different areas, units, or equipment of the process control environment.