Patent ID: 11899604
Assignee: BEDROCK AUTOMATION PLATFORMS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An input/output module comprising:
an encasement configured to mate with a support frame;
a plurality of communication channels within the encasement, each channel of the plurality of communication channels configured to connect to one or more field devices;
a switch fabric within the encasement, the switch fabric configured to selectively facilitate connectivity between an external control module and the one or more field devices via the plurality of communication channels; and
a controller coupled to the switch fabric, the controller configured to concurrently communicate over the plurality of communication channels, the plurality of communication channels using multiple communication standards running concurrently on respective channels of the plurality of communication channels, the multiple communication standards comprising at least two distinct communication bus standards, the multiple communication standards including at least two of an Ethernet bus, an H1 field bus, a Process Field Bus (PROFIBUS), a Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) bus, a Modbus, or an Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control Unified Architecture (OPC UA) bus.