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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
William Robert Pettigrew, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Dana Robert Kreft, Roanoke, VA (US);
William Robert Pettigrew, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Dana Robert Kreft, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying one or more Fieldbus devices in a control system are described. One or more messages from respective linking devices and including information associated with a plurality of segments for the linking devices may be received and analyzed to identify one or more segments to which at least one Fieldbus device is connected. A respective query message requesting information associated with connected Fieldbus devices may then be generated and communicated to each identified segment. One or more responses to the query messages may be received and utilized to prepare a listing of the Fieldbus devices that are included in or connected in the control system.