A process measurement point system for monitoring a process fluid in an industrial process, the system comprising: a process component (18a, 18b, 66a) wherein the process component is a primary element adapted to restrict the flow of the process fluid as it moves through the pipeline, whereby said process component includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (20a, 20b, 66b) that stores identifying information regarding the process component; the process measurement point system further comprising: a differential pressure sensor for providing a sensor output as a function of a sensed parameter of the process fluid, said sensed parameter being a pressure differential on both sides of the primary element; and a process measurement device (16, 58) connected to receive input from the process component and adapted to calculate process data based at least in part on the input received from the process component; said process measurement device (16, 58) comprising a sensor circuitry and being configured to provide process measurement data based on the sensor input from the differential pressure sensor; the process measurement point system further comprising: a RFID transceiver (14, 59, 82) for interrogating the RFID tag (20a, 20b, 66b) associated with the process component, wherein identifying information received from the RFID tag is provided to the process measurement device (16, 58) wherein the process measurement device (16, 58) is configured to interpret the input received from the process component based on the identifying information; wherein the process measurement device (16, 58) is configured to interpret the input received from the differential pressure sensor based on the identifying information; wherein the RFID transceiver (14, 59, 82) is adapted to either configures the process measurement device (16, 58) based on the identifying information provided by the RFID tag (20a, 20b, 66b), or to provides the identifying information to the process measurement device (16, 58), which is adapted to automatically configures itself based on the identifying information provided; wherein the RFID transceiver is a hand-held RFID transceiver device. a process component (18a, 18b, 66a) wherein the process component is a primary element adapted to restrict the flow of the process fluid as it moves through the pipeline, whereby said process component includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (20a, 20b, 66b) that stores identifying information regarding the process component; the process measurement point system further comprising: a differential pressure sensor for providing a sensor output as a function of a sensed parameter of the process fluid, said sensed parameter being a pressure differential on both sides of the primary element; and a process measurement device (16, 58) connected to receive input from the process component and adapted to calculate process data based at least in part on the input received from the process component; said process measurement device (16, 58) comprising a sensor circuitry and being configured to provide process measurement data based on the sensor input from the differential pressure sensor; a differential pressure sensor for providing a sensor output as a function of a sensed parameter of the process fluid, said sensed parameter being a pressure differential on both sides of the primary element; and a process measurement device (16, 58) connected to receive input from the process component and adapted to calculate process data based at least in part on the input received from the process component; said process measurement device (16, 58) comprising a sensor circuitry and being configured to provide process measurement data based on the sensor input from the differential pressure sensor; the process measurement point system further comprising: a RFID transceiver (14, 59, 82) for interrogating the RFID tag (20a, 20b, 66b) associated with the process component, wherein identifying information received from the RFID tag is provided to the process measurement device (16, 58) wherein the process measurement device (16, 58) is configured to interpret the input received from the process component based on the identifying information; wherein the process measurement device (16, 58) is configured to interpret the input received from the differential pressure sensor based on the identifying information;