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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Joseph Malm, Plano, TX (US);
David Emerson, Coppell, TX (US);
Andrew Keller, Lewisville, TX (US);
Patrick Clay, Frisco, TX (US);
Hidenori Sawahara, Spring, TX (US);
Vien Nguyen, Frisco, TX (US);
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Implementations are described herein for commissioning a device such as a distributed control node (DCN) for operation with a process automation system (PAS) using a portable setup device (PSD) and an 'out-of-band' communication channel. In various implementations, static information conveyed by a passive data store of the DCN may be used to establish an out-of-band communication channel between the DCN and PSD. The out-of-band communication channel may be distinct from a process automation network through which the DCN is to be communicatively coupled with other process automation nodes of the PAS. The DCN may be commissioned to the process automation system by exchanging operational technology (OT) data between the DCN and the PSD via the out-of-band communication channel to enable the DCN to cooperate with one or more of the other process automation nodes on the process automation network to implement an at least partially automated process.