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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Kenneth S. Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard A. Blair, Plaistow, NH (US);
Nitin Dhayagude, North Andover, MA (US);
Kerry Van DE Steeg, Windham, NH (US);
Heinz Schaffner, Hessen, DE;
Kenneth S. Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard A. Blair, Plaistow, NH (US);
Nitin Dhayagude, North Andover, MA (US);
Kerry Van de Steeg, Windham, NH (US);
Heinz Schaffner, Hessen, DE;
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention described herein provides a system and method for distributing and applying a configuration file from a master device () to a slave device () in a distributed control system (). According to aspects of the invention, a configuration file is saved at a master device () and distributed to the slave device () via the data payload of a fieldbus protocol, such as the CANopen protocol. Aspects of the present invention may be used to further configure an I/O island or sub-network () that is attached to the slave device (). Further aspects of the present invention may be used to repair or replace failed devices in a distributed control system ().