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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Mitchell Stephen Panther, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Brian J. Burlage, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Rickey Lee Osborn, Ames, IA (US);
Carter Bill Cartwright, Ames, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to interface with a control a loop are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a loop controller to control a control loop, a sensor to provide a measurement value to the loop controller, a device controller to adjust a control device based on an output from the loop controller, and a loop interface to receive a set point value and send the set point value to the loop controller, wherein the loop interface is different from a host device communicatively coupled to the loop controller.