Patent ID: 7675935
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G05B,H04L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving first information from a configuration tool in a process control system, the configuration tool associated with a first field device protocol, the configuration tool operable to receive input from a user and to configure, commission, or monitor a field device in the process control system; converting the first information associated with the first field device protocol into second information associated with a second field device protocol using a protocol converter; and communicating the second information to the field device in the process control system using the second field device protocol; wherein the second field device protocol comprises a Wireless Network for Secure Industrial Application (WNSIA) protocol; wherein, under the WNSIA protocol, an object is associated with the field device and one or more objects are associated with one or more transducers of the field device, each transducer associated with a process or output variable, each object comprising one or more parameters describing the associated device or transducer; and wherein communicating the second information to the field device comprises using a device address associated with the field device, an object identifier identifying one of the objects associated with the identified field device, and a parameter identifier identifying one of the parameters associated with the identified object.