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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Gowtham Anne, Karnataka, IN;
Prashant Maranat, Karnataka, IN;
Gowtham Anne, Karnataka, IN;
Prashant Maranat, Karnataka, IN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes a client and an interface component. The client includes (i) a device manager associated with a field device in a process control system and (ii) a first emulator configured to emulate a communication manager. The device manager defines a user interface associated with the field device. The interface component includes (i) a second emulator configured to emulate the device manager and (ii) the communication manager. The communication manager is configured to communicate with the field device over a communication link using a specified protocol. The client is physically separated from the interface component. The communication manager could represent a communication Device Type Manager (DTM), and the device manager could represent a device DTM. Also, the first emulator could emulate at least some functions of the communication DTM, and the second emulator could emulate at least some functions of the device DTM.