Patent ID: 9588514
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06N

Claim:
1. A method of determining process element alignment in a process, the method comprising: obtaining, at a local device operated by a user during commissioning of a field device installed in a process plant, identification information of the field device; determining, by the local device based on a physical location at which the field device is installed, a relative process order of the field device with respect to another process device to be used to control the process in the process plant; and providing, by the local device, the identification information and an indication of the relative process order of the field device for use in generating a process element alignment map of the process, the process alignment map of the process indicating an order of activation of each of a plurality of process elements in a flow of materials within the process plant while the process is being controlled, the plurality of process elements including the field device and the another process device.