Patent ID: 8448065
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A tag editor system for object linking and embedding for process control network comprising: a plurality of field devices, each field device generating input/output data and associated with a physical address and a text-based tag; a process control server configured to monitor the plurality of field devices and to store the physical address and the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices, the process control server further configured to associate plurality of field devices with a PID loop and to associate the PID loop with a name; a client computer configured to transmit a request to the process control server, the request comprising a request string, the client computer further configured to receive the input/output data associated with each of the plurality of field devices associated with the PID loop from the process control server in response to the process control server receiving the request string and to display the received input/output data; a tag database comprising data that encapsulates the physical address and the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices, the tag database accessible for editing by the client computer; and the request string comprising the name associated with the PID loop and independent of the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices.