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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2023
Schneider Electric Systems Usa, Inc., Foxborough, MA (US);
Pavankumar Malayanur, Hyderabad, IN;
Stephen Richard Owen Beadle, Leicester, GB;
Briane Ritchie, Bellingham, MA (US);
Zakarya Drias, Boston, MA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC., Foxborough, MA (US);
Abstract
System and method of securing a process control instrument of a process control system. An authorization server is configured to authenticate the process control instrument based on a unique secure code provided to the server in response to the process control instrument entering an enhanced secure mode as determined by a switch setting. In response to being authenticated in the enhanced secure mode, the process control instrument is configured to operate in a configuration state in which an authorized user is granted access to configure the security details of the process control instrument.