Patent ID: 8538559
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. In an industrial control system having a fieldbus network, (a) A field device having at least first and second function blocks, each of said function blocks having at least one input or at least one output, the function blocks including standard parameters, (b) A control system for communicating with the field device, said control system being capable of accessing said standard parameters but incapable of accessing manufacturer-specific parameters, (c) An alternate system for collecting and monitoring data from the field device and capable of accessing both said standard and said manufacturer-specific parameters, and (d) Said field device further including a shared transducer block operatively storing said manufacturer-specific parameters, said shared transducer block being operatively coupled to said first and second function blocks internally within said field device whereby said first and second function blocks are in communication with one another.