An industrial process control system comprising: an alarm server comprising a processor, wherein the alarm server is configured to: receive device information representative of a Foundation Fieldbus field device (38, 40, 42, 44), wherein the device information comprises information extracted from a Foundation Fieldbus device definition, DD, file of the field device (38, 40, 42, 44), receive an alarm or alert from the field device, via a controller communicatively coupled to the alarm server; translate and provide the extracted device information with the alarm or alert, based upon the device information from a plurality of control systems of different manufacturers, through a standard interface of a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, protocol of a GSM server, to the GSM server in a first format interpretable by the GSM server; query an Ethernet Global Data, EGD, server for human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data sent by the controller; and provide the human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data to the GSM server for providing the human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data to at least one distributed control system configured to interface with the GSM server; wherein the extracted device information comprises: operational ranges of the field device; icons representative of a present state of the field device; and description information about the field device, parameters of the field device and its alarms; wherein the extracted device information is used for visualizing, managing, or visualizing and managing the Foundation Fieldbus field device, via the control system, and wherein the standard interface enables distributed control systems of various manufacturers that utilize a GSM protocol to receive Foundation Fieldbus alerts and alarms without requiring the production of a customized interface for each manufacturer's distributed control system to present the operator of the distributed control system with information about the operational ranges of the device, appropriate and standardized icons for the device in its present state, and description information about the device, its parameters, and its alarms. receive device information representative of a Foundation Fieldbus field device (38, 40, 42, 44), wherein the device information comprises information extracted from a Foundation Fieldbus device definition, DD, file of the field device (38, 40, 42, 44), receive an alarm or alert from the field device, via a controller communicatively coupled to the alarm server; translate and provide the extracted device information with the alarm or alert, based upon the device information from a plurality of control systems of different manufacturers, through a standard interface of a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, protocol of a GSM server, to the GSM server in a first format interpretable by the GSM server; query an Ethernet Global Data, EGD, server for human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data sent by the controller; and provide the human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data to the GSM server for providing the human-readable text corresponding to the alarm or alert data to at least one distributed control system configured to interface with the GSM server; wherein the extracted device information comprises: operational ranges of the field device; icons representative of a present state of the field device; and description information about the field device, parameters of the field device and its alarms; wherein the extracted device information is used for visualizing, managing, or visualizing and managing the Foundation Fieldbus field device, via the control system, and wherein the standard interface enables distributed control systems of various manufacturers that utilize a GSM protocol to receive Foundation Fieldbus alerts and alarms without requiring the production of a customized interface for each manufacturer's distributed control system to present the operator of the distributed control system with information about the operational ranges of the device, appropriate and standardized icons for the device in its present state, and description information about the device, its parameters, and its alarms. operational ranges of the field device; icons representative of a present state of the field device; and description information about the field device, parameters of the field device and its alarms; wherein the extracted device information is used for visualizing, managing, or visualizing and managing the Foundation Fieldbus field device, via the control system, and wherein the standard interface enables distributed control systems of various manufacturers that utilize a GSM protocol to receive Foundation Fieldbus alerts and alarms without requiring the production of a customized interface for each manufacturer's distributed control system to present the operator of the distributed control system with information about the operational ranges of the device, appropriate and standardized icons for the device in its present state, and description information about the device, its parameters, and its alarms.