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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Sandro Esposito, Katy, TX (US);
John Alexander Petzen, Roanoke, VA (US);
Vladimir Dimitrov Kostadinov, Sharon, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system includes an industrial controller configured to control a first field device. The first field device includes an actuator and a positioner coupled to the actuator. The positioner is configured to position the actuator. The first field device is configured to detect an undesired condition and to communicate the undesired condition to the industrial controller by using a ReadBack facility of the first field device.