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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;

Inventors:

Hans Thilderkvist, Malmo, SE;

Thomas Pauly, Vasteras, SE;

Jeff Harding, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Assignee:

ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); G05B 19/41855 (2013.01); H04L 41/0883 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24168 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31098 (2013.01); Y02P 90/185 (2015.11); Y04S 40/162 (2013.01);
Abstract

A setup control unit is configured to get activated via a first computer that is to become a node in the process control system and which activation is initiated by a setup tool being brought to the first computer. The setup control unit contacts a configuration control computer, supplies a setup tool identifier to the configuration control computer, accesses system information elements in the configuration control computer, presents system nodes to an operator using the system information elements, receives an operator selection of a system node, sends the node selection to the configuration control computer for registering, based on a setup tool identifier investigation, receives node parameter data associated with the selected system node from the configuration control computer and supplies the first computer with the node parameter data for making it into the selected system node.


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