Patent ID: 11934168
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus comprising:
a remotely located hand-held device configured to execute an operating software to generate an I/O loop check file from I/O loop data, including wiring diagrams and alarm setpoints, transmitted to the operating software from an engineering database;
the operating software is executed to build the I/O loop check file incorporating a type of test with the wiring diagrams and alarm setpoints;
a dongle connected to a terminal block and to at least one I/O loop, the dongle including at least one processing device executing an I/O simulation application configured when executing the I/O simulation application to:
communicate using a wireless link with the remotely located hand-held device;
receive the I/O loop check file from the hand-held device using the wireless link;
perform an I/O loop test on the at least one I/O loop;
monitor and track the I/O loop test comparing the results of the I/O loop test to an expected result;
record the results of the I/O loop test;
transmit using the wireless link the results of the I/O loop test to the hand-held device and the operating software;
wherein the operating software includes a user interface display that is operated by a user on the hand-held device to:
select a thumbnail image of a dongle representing a generated I/O loop check file;
associate a thumbnail image of a dongle to a terminal block connected to at least one I/O loop by dragging and dropping the thumbnail image of the dongle on the terminal block; and
the user selecting an input to begin testing, wherein the I/O check file is transmitted using the wireless link from the operating software to the dongle connected on the terminal block to perform the I/O loop test on the at least one I/O loop.