Adapter device for coupling an industrial field instrument to an industrial wireless network and related system and method
US9065813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S40/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes coupling an adapter device to a field instrument in an industrial control system to provide a wireless communication capability to the field instrument. The method also includes converting, by the adapter device, information from a first protocol native to the field instrument into a second protocol native to a wireless network. The method further includes transmitting the information to at least one other device over the wireless network.
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