System for enabling control of devices (104, 106, 108, 316, 318) in a process control system, comprising: at least one first interface (204, 206, 208) configured to support communication of first electronic data via at least one electronic data communications network (116, 704, 804, 906) according to a first electronic data communication protocol; at least one second interface (204, 206, 208) configured to support communication of second electronic data via the at least one electronic data communications network according to a second electronic data communication protocol; and a device integrator processor (118, 218) coupled to the at least one electronic data communications network (116, 704, 804, 906) via the first and second interfaces, characterized by: said device integration processor comprising a primary processor module and a shadow processor module, the primary processor module and the shadow processor module each configured to couple to the electronic data communications network via the first and second interfaces, the primary processor module including a primary master core assigned to communicate with a first set of devices and a primary remote core assigned to communicate with a second set of devices (316, 318), the shadow processor module including a shadow master core and a shadow remote core, each master core and remote core of the primary and shadow processor modules being related via a redundancy scheme, the redundancy scheme between the primary master core and the shadow master core being different than the redundancy scheme between the primary remote core and the shadow remote core, the primary master core and the shadow master core being fully synchronized over a high speed electrical and/or communicative interface to provide fault tolerant control to the devices, and the primary processor module configured to receive and transmit the first and second electronic data on the electronic data communications network according to the first and second electronic data communication protocols simultaneously to control communications with the first and second sets of devices on the electronic data communication network during operation of the system. at least one first interface (204, 206, 208) configured to support communication of first electronic data via at least one electronic data communications network (116, 704, 804, 906) according to a first electronic data communication protocol; at least one second interface (204, 206, 208) configured to support communication of second electronic data via the at least one electronic data communications network according to a second electronic data communication protocol; and a device integrator processor (118, 218) coupled to the at least one electronic data communications network (116, 704, 804, 906) via the first and second interfaces, characterized by: said device integration processor comprising a primary processor module and a shadow processor module, the primary processor module and the shadow processor module each configured to couple to the electronic data communications network via the first and second interfaces, the primary processor module including a primary master core assigned to communicate with a first set of devices and a primary remote core assigned to communicate with a second set of devices (316, 318), the shadow processor module including a shadow master core and a shadow remote core, each master core and remote core of the primary and shadow processor modules being related via a redundancy scheme, the redundancy scheme between the primary master core and the shadow master core being different than the redundancy scheme between the primary remote core and the shadow remote core, the primary master core and the shadow master core being fully synchronized over a high speed electrical and/or communicative interface to provide fault tolerant control to the devices, and the primary processor module configured to receive and transmit the first and second electronic data on the electronic data communications network according to the first and second electronic data communication protocols simultaneously to control communications with the first and second sets of devices on the electronic data communication network during operation of the system.