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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Mark Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Terry Blevins, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US);
Terry Blevins, Round Rock, TX (US);
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect process control data are disclosed. An example method to collect process control data includes registering an electronic device description describing a parameter to be measured and a measurement sampling rate, measuring the parameter based on the measurement sampling rate, storing data representative of the measured parameter in a data structure, and transferring data in the data structure to a first process control device via a process control network in response to at least one of a request for the data, a condition associated with the data, or an event associated with the data.