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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Kurtis K. Jensen, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Mitchell S. Panther, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Tom W. Kirner, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Kurtis K. Jensen, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Mitchell S. Panther, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Tom W. Kirner, Marshalltown, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
A field device for use in a process control system includes a scheduling module configured to receive a time input which specifies a scheduled time for performing a scheduled action or a scheduled sequence of actions and to receive an action input which specifies the scheduled action or the scheduled sequence of actions. At the scheduled time, the scheduling module automatically initiates the scheduled action or the scheduled sequence of actions. After initiating the action or the sequence of actions, the scheduling module causes an initiation status indicating that the action or the sequence of actions has been initiated to be sent to a host and/or causes the initiation status to be stored in a local memory of the field device.