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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Cheyenne Hernandez, New Manila Quezon City, PH;
David R. Denison, Austin, TX (US);
Brandon Hieb, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gary Law, Georgetown, TX (US);
Cheyenne Hernandez, New Manila Quezon City, PH;
David R. Denison, Austin, TX (US);
Brandon Hieb, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gary Law, Georgetown, TX (US);
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to replace field devices in process control systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes recording, at a first process controller of a process control system, configuration data sent from a configuration subsystem of the process control system to a first field device to commission the first field device, detecting, at a second process controller of the process control system, replacement of the first field device with a second field device, and sending the recorded configuration data from the second process controller to the second field device when the replacement is detected to commission the second field device.