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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2000
Dale S. Davis, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Glen Larson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A transducer intraconnection bus connects a limited number of transducer components chosen from a larger number of types of transducer components. The transducer components include functional variations in plant communication protocol, fluid variable, operator control, embedded control and display functional variations. One transducer component is a sensor module that exchanges type data over the transducer intraconnection bus during an adaptation interval. At the end of the adaptation interval, a method of communication is selected that is adaptable to the types connected. During an operational interval following the adaptation interval, the selected method of communication is used on the transducer intraconnection bus.