Patent ID: 11928081
Assignee: FISCHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 12:
13. A method of operating a valve or other flow control device, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, electrical signals corresponding to events for the valve or other flow control device;
counting, with the one or more computing devices during a time interval, a first quantity of the events that are associated with a first event type based on the electrical signals corresponding to the events for the valve or other flow control device;
storing, with the one or more computing devices during the time interval, a temporary record of the first quantity of the events that are associated with the first event type in a buffer in a memory;
storing, with the one or more computing devices after the time interval, a record of the first event type over the time interval in the memory outside of the buffer, wherein the record of the first event type over the time interval comprises a second quantity of the events that are associated with the first event type, the second quantity less than the first quantity;
flushing, with the one or more computing devices after the time interval, the buffer to clear the temporary record of the first quantity of the events that are associated with the first event type from the buffer; and
operating, with the one or more computing devices, the valve or other flow control device based on the record of the first event type over the time interval.