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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);
Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);
Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);
Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);
Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (GSM) server and provide the device information in the first format to the GSM server.