Patent ID: 8055727
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A process plant, comprising: (1) a computing device including an operator interface; (2) a multiplicity of process control devices, each configured to communicate with other process control devices using a protocol that is not a web content syndication format, and the multiplicity of process control devices includes at least one of: (3) a plurality of web content syndication data conversion units, each of the web content syndication data conversion units coupled to a different process control device of the multiplicity of process control devices and configured to convert process control data generated by the different process control device into the web content syndication format; and (4) one or more communication networks that connect the multiplicity of process control devices and the computing device, (5) and wherein the each of the multiplicity of process control devices communicates the process control data to a corresponding different web content syndication data conversion unit, and the corresponding different web content syndication data conversion unit converts the process control data generated by the each of the multiplicity of process control devices into the web syndication format and communicates the converted process control data over the one or more communication networks directly to another one of the multiplicity of process control devices, wherein the multiplicity of process control devices includes the process controller.