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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2024
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard Mann, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Eastberg, Round Rock, TX (US);
Scott Slade, Round Rock, TX (US);
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An I/O device is configured to couple a plurality of process control field devices to a process controller controlling a process in an industrial process plant. The I/O device includes a backplane and a plurality of electronic marshalling component (EMC) slots. The EMC slots are each configured to receive a respective EMC and to receive either of (i) a first-type EMC associated with a first communication protocol or (ii) second-type EMC associated with a second communication protocol. The I/O device also includes I/O processor module slots, each communicatively coupled, via the backplane, to each of the EMC slots and to each of a first one or more connectors and a second one or more connectors in each of the EMC slots. The I/O device further includes communication ports, each communicatively coupled to the I/O processor module slots via the backplane.
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