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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2002
David A. Glanzer, Georgetown, TX (US);
Lee A. Neitzel, Austin, TX (US);
Donald B. Goff, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Glanzer, Georgetown, TX (US);
Lee A. Neitzel, Austin, TX (US);
Donald B. Goff, Austin, TX (US);
Fieldbus Foundation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A new and improved control system architecture with a single server interface for application software that eliminates manual intervention by providing online, immediate access to information needed for plant/enterprise optimization, operation, configuration, maintenance and diagnostic application software. The control system architecture provides a method of dynamically creating a server directory to enable automatic access in an integrated control system. The method includes accessing a live list of fieldbus devices, building/updating a browse tree structure, the browse tree structure defining a branch and leaf node organization and naming for and data from the fieldbus devices, copying AP directories and FF objects from active fieldbus devices into a FF directory and mapping the FF Directory into the server directory.