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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Todd Mitchell Toepke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph Citrano, Iii, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Alan Roger Dewey, Plymouth, MN (US);
Alden Chester Russell, Iii, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West Saint Paul, MN (US);
Todd Mitchell Toepke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph Citrano, III, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Alan Roger Dewey, Plymouth, MN (US);
Alden Chester Russell, III, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Eric D. Rotvold, West Saint Paul, MN (US);
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of commissioning a wireless field device is provided. The method includes communicatively coupling a handheld field maintenance tool to the wireless field device to obtain a wireless field device identifier. A wireless network is selected. Wireless communication is generated between the handheld field maintenance tool and a wireless gateway to automatically obtain a join key for the wireless field device identifier. The join key is written to the wireless field device with the handheld field maintenance tool.