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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Wallace A. Pratt, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Robin S. Pramanik, Karlsruhe, DE;
Tomas P. Lennvall, Vasteras, SE;
Wallace A. Pratt, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Robin S. Pramanik, Karlsruhe, DE;
Tomas P. Lennvall, Vasteras, SE;
Hart Communication Foundation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A wireless gateway for use in a process control environment includes a wireless interface for communicating with a first wireless network using a first wireless communication protocol, such that the wireless network includes a plurality of field devices operating in the process control environment. The wireless gateway further includes a host interface for communicating with an external host disposed outside the wireless network using a second communication protocol and a protocol translator to enable an exchange of data between the first interface and the second interface.