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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Yoshida, Musashino, JP;
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system includes at least one field device, a first control apparatus, a second control apparatus, and a network. The first control apparatus has a first field device, included among the one or more field devices, directly connected thereto and includes a first access route controller and a first control application capable of controlling the first field device. The second control apparatus includes a second access route controller and a second control application capable of controlling the first field device. The first access route controller and the second access route controller are configured to work together to control an input/output route from the first control application and the second control application to the first field device.