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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Paul Oliver Caffrey, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Alexander Petzen, Iii, Roanoke, VA (US);
Dennis Brian King, Roanoke, VA (US);
Frank L. Kerr, Iii, Roanoke, VA (US);
Paul Oliver Caffrey, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Alexander Petzen, III, Roanoke, VA (US);
Dennis Brian King, Roanoke, VA (US);
Frank L. Kerr, III, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Control systems and methods for controlling certain systems, devices, and apparatus are described. A control system may include a memory and at least one processor. The memory may be operable to store both a Foundation Fieldbus protocol that facilitates communication with one or more Foundation Fieldbus devices and a second protocol that facilitates communication with one or more control devices. The at least one processor may be operable to access both the Foundation Fieldbus protocol and the second protocol, and to control the one or more Foundation Fieldbus devices and the one or more control devices. A network may facilitate communications between the at least one processor and both the one or more Foundation Fieldbus devices using the Foundation Fieldbus protocol and the one or more control devices using the second protocol.