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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
James A. Strilich, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Paul F. McLaughlin, Ambler, PA (US);
W. Russell Massey, Levittown, PA (US);
Jethro F. Steinman, Haverford, PA (US);
Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate over a first industrial process control network using a first protocol. The apparatus also includes a second interface configured to communicate over a second industrial process control network using a second protocol. The apparatus further includes a third interface configured to communicate with at least one supervisory device over a third network. In addition, the apparatus includes at least one processing device configured to provide concurrent access for the at least one supervisory device to process control devices coupled to the first and second industrial process control networks during a migration of process control devices that use the first protocol to process control devices that use the second protocol.