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In-field wireless access to smart instruments using Bluetooth low energy

US10237712B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

Venkateswaran Chittoor Gopalakrishnan · Port Blair, IN
Joseph Pane · North Wales, US
Sharath Babu Malve · Chilpur, IN
Amol Gandhi · Bengaluru, IN
Paul Dooner · Vancouver, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides various ways to enable a BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE) communication capability for a field instrument. An apparatus is configured to perform a method for providing BLE communication capability to a legacy field instrument in an industrial control system. The method includes receiving, by a BLE adapter coupled to the field instrument, information from the field instrument according to a protocol that is native to the field instrument. The method includes converting, by the BLE adapter, the information into a BLE communication protocol. The method includes transmitting, by the BLE adapter, the converted information to an external device over a BLE communication link.

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