Patent ID: 11243514

Abstract:
The invention enables commissioning of field devices within a control system by implementing the steps of (i) detecting a connection event comprising a field device interfacing with an I/O port that is communicably coupled with the server, (ii) retrieving from a memory of the field device that is interfacing with the I/O port, a first field device identifier corresponding to the field device, (iii) retrieving from a non-transient memory database communicably coupled with the server, field device configuration data associated with the I/O port, wherein, the set of field device attributes includes a second field device identifier, and at least a segment of the second field device identifier is different from a corresponding segment of the first field device identifier, (iv) generating one of a translated first field device identifier and a translated second field device identifier, based on predefined translation data, (v) comparing the translated first field device identifier with the second field device identifier, or comparing the first field device identifier with the translated second field device identifier, (vi) generating a connection check output decision based on an output of the comparison, and (vii) optionally, initiate a connection check output event based on the connection check output decision.