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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kent Allan Burr, Round Rock, TX (US);
Gary Keith Law, Georgetown, TX (US);
Doyle Eugene Broom, Georgetown, TX (US);
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G08C 19/16 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disclosed example system includes a termination panel, and a shared bus on the termination panel. The shared bus is to removably receive a plurality of bases that removably receive modules to communicate with field devices, and communicatively couple the modules to an input/output card to exchange communications between the modules and a controller that is in communication with the input/output card via a second bus.