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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Jeffrey Dean Seyller, Colo, IA (US);
Stanley Felix Amirthasamy, Ames, IA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Dean Seyller, Colo, IA (US);
Stanley Felix Amirthasamy, Ames, IA (US);
Assignee:
Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A diagnostic system and method for a field device in a process plant is provided. The diagnostic apparatus includes a processor operatively connected to the field device and a calendar having a proscribed period stored in memory. A diagnostic check is executed on the field device if an occurrence of a diagnostic event is detected and execution of the diagnostic check does not coincide with the proscribed period.