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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas Bruce Meagher, Houston, TX (US);
Gerald Robert Creech, Danbury, GB;
Inventors:
Thomas Bruce Meagher, Houston, TX (US);
Gerald Robert Creech, Danbury, GB;
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G05B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to input channel diagnostics for an industrial process control system. The invention provides improved apparatus and methods relating to fault containment, overload protection and input channel diagnostics.