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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Jingli Li, Lexington, KY (US);
Charles E. Griffin, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for configuring a field device of a control system is provided. The system includes a mobile computing device for communicating with a wireless adapter coupled to the field device. The mobile computing device receives an application module via a wireless network communication module. The application module, when executed by a processor, configures the field device via a wireless direct communication module. The mobile computing device includes a user-friendly graphic display to provide and receive information associated with the configuration of the field device.