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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Harshal S. Haridas, Jamison, PA (US);

Joseph Pradeep Felix, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Jay William Gustin, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Paul Francis Mclaughlin, Ambler, PA (US);

Jason Thomas Urso, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 69/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/40 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process control system (PCS) includes a cable connection including physical cables including a first cable for connecting between a process controller and an I/O access device, and an independent second cable for connecting the process controller and a second node being the I/O access device or another device. The I/O access device is for coupling to I/O module(s) to receive an output of the I/O access device. An output of the I/O module is coupled to a field device coupled to processing equipment. The process controller and I/O access device each include a processor and memory that implement send and receive logic for communicating using any of multiple redundancy protocols including a first and a second redundant protocol. The cable connection is for supporting simultaneously communicating between the process controller and the second node utilizing both the first redundant protocol and the second redundant protocol.


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