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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Ashok R. Tripathi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Muthukumar Ramalingam, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David Rukstales, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ashok R. Tripathi, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Muthukumar Ramalingam, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David Rukstales, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating process data between a plurality of devices in a process control system, including receiving process data in an equipment interface system data format from an equipment interface system, and selecting a set of the process data received from the equipment interface system for communication to a process data control system. The method also includes configuring the selected set of process data from the equipment interface system data format into an open format for communication to the process data control system, and transmitting the configured process data to the process data control system.