Patent ID: 11881902
Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. An acoustic node coupled to an industrial process device within a sealed housing, comprising:
a microphone coupled to a receiver and configured to receive one or more incoming tones from a remote programming device external to the housing;
a speaker coupled to a transmitter and configured to transmit one or more outgoing tones to the remote programming device;
an audio processor; and
a memory device storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the audio processor, configure the audio processor for:
establishing communication between the remote programming device and the industrial process device based on the received one or more incoming tones;
converting the received audio signal to incoming digital data;
authenticating the remote programming device based on the incoming digital data; and
determining a command based on the incoming digital data and instructing the industrial process device to execute the command,

wherein the remote programming device transmits configuration information corresponding to the command to the industrial process device.